http://deafness.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Deafness GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hi http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-07-02T20:50:34Z Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/07/03/deaf-teachers-losing-jobs-because-of-english.htm Nobody likes to see deaf people lose jobs, particularly teachers. However, in Massachusetts, deaf teachers [update: in this case, a sign language teacher] who can not pass the state's English... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/07/03/deaf-teachers-losing-jobs-because-of-english.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:57:18 +0000 2009-07-03T08:57:18Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/07/02/after-nearly-dying-autoimmune-hearing-loss.htm Rebecca on the forum describes how she nearly died, and was diagnosed with an autoimmune hearing loss. Her story, which she posted in hopes of helping someone else, is... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/07/02/after-nearly-dying-autoimmune-hearing-loss.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:34 +0000 2009-07-02T20:50:34Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/30/story-of-the-first-caption-action.htm If you were born after 1975, you probably never heard of the first Caption Action. Caption Action was a national grassroots campaign to get closed captions on home video. And... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/30/story-of-the-first-caption-action.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:40:02 +0000 2009-06-30T22:40:02Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/29/internet-captioning-bill-introduced-on-hill.htm The 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2009 has just been introduced in Congress by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA). This is the bill that if passed, would require... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/29/internet-captioning-bill-introduced-on-hill.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:47:12 +0000 2009-06-29T21:47:12Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/28/hearing-industries-association.htm Have you struggled to pay for hearing aids? The Hearing Industries Association is one of the organizations trying to get Congress to pass legislation to require insurance companies to at... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/28/hearing-industries-association.htm Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:45:56 +0000 2009-06-28T22:45:56Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/27/does-your-baby-have-a-hearing-loss.htm Newborn hearing screening is everywhere now -- in the United States and other advanced countries. However, there are countries where newborn hearing screening is not as available, and even in... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/27/does-your-baby-have-a-hearing-loss.htm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:06:26 +0000 2009-06-27T14:06:26Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/26/cable-television-moves-to-the-internet-any-captions.htm Both Time Warner and Comcast have announced that they are going to be making cable television content available on the Internet. Will this cable television content have captions online?? This... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/26/cable-television-moves-to-the-internet-any-captions.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:50:54 +0000 2009-06-26T23:50:54Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/26/purse-with-hearing-aid-stolen.htm Catherine is a hearing aid user in Ireland who lost her hearing aid when her purse (with the hearing aid) was stolen. Now she can not afford to get new... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/26/purse-with-hearing-aid-stolen.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:27:38 +0000 2009-06-26T00:27:38Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/24/is-the-national-deaf-academy-under-control-or-out-of-control.htm The Orlando Sentinel reports that the National Deaf Academy in Mount Dora has made numerous calls to the local police for help. (The NDA is one of the few residential... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/24/is-the-national-deaf-academy-under-control-or-out-of-control.htm Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:45 +0000 2009-06-24T17:11:45Z http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/22/supreme-court-makes-important-special-education-ruling.htm The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on one of the most important special education court cases ever. The rulemaking in a nutshell: if parents find that public schools can not... http://deafness.about.com/b/2009/06/22/supreme-court-makes-important-special-education-ruling.htm Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:55:36 +0000 2009-06-22T23:55:36Z