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Bringing you the news daily from a to z from around the world!
Scranton School for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children honors first graduating class
17-Jun-10
From: Scranton Times-Tribune - Jun 17, 2010 Eight students from across Pennsylvania received diplomas Wednesday evening as the Scranton School for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children honored its first graduating class. Among those receiving diplomas was Radoslava Slavova from...
MOVIE REVIEW: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
17-Jun-10
From: SanDiego.com - Jun 17, 2010 A barely passable documentary about a ground-breaking funny gal By Josh Board Roger Ebert said of the new Joan Rivers documentary: “It’s the most truthful documentary about show business ever.” Wow. He couldn’t be...
Baby with Cochlear Implant hears mom for the first time
17-Jun-10
From: News 10NBC - Jun 17, 2010 Doctors and parents will tell you a baby know his mother's voice the first time he or she hears it. And there's proof of that. An 8-month-old baby boy named Jonathan with a...
Reasor's Pharmacy First in Oklahoma to Aid Hearing Impaired
17-Jun-10
From: Supermarket News - Jun 17, 2010 TALLEQUAH, Okla. — Reasor’s here claims it is the first retailer in Oklahoma to offer a technology at its pharmacy window for hearing impaired patients. The technology is the installation of an induction...
Innovation is a Company's Best Asset
17-Jun-10
From: Warsaw Voice - Jun 17, 2010 A system for improving hearing in patients with cochlear implants, new environmentally friendly engineering technology, and polymers that shine blue—these are just some of the innovations that were showcased at this year’s Intarg...
UC grad seeks to help the deaf community
17-Jun-10
From: Hamilton Journal News - Jun 17, 2010 By Richard O Jones, Staff Writer HAMILTON — The hearing world may not think of deaf people as a “minority population,” but Hamilton resident Jennifer Ficker-Halupnik said she faced elements of discrimination,...
Prof: Good attitude will trump hardship
16-Jun-10
From: Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Jacqueline Lukas - Jun 16, 2010 Scranton School for Deaf commencement JACQUELINE LUKAS Times Leader Intern SCRANTON – Like other area high school graduates, the young men and women from the Scranton School for the...
Officials consider changes to schools for deaf, blind
02-Apr-10
From: Fulton Sun - Mar 30, 2010 By Bob Watson For the Fulton Sun Missouri's schools for the deaf and blind will continue operating in the future, but perhaps with a different role to play. John Heskett, former assistant commissioner...
DA failed to charge Murphy in abuse case, victim says
02-Apr-10
From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Mar 31, 2010 McCann says cases were too old to prosecute By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel Advocates for victims of clergy sex abuse on Wednesday accused retired Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael...
Deaf Speaker Shares Life Stories
02-Apr-10
From: The Breeze - Apr 1, 2010 By Jessica Albert HARRISONBURG, Va. — After being falsely pronounced dead at birth, Richard Pimentel was abandoned by his biological mother. Four years later, his grandmother adopted him from an orphanage and raised...
Deaf man hit crossing road improving
02-Apr-10
From: Dayton Daily News - Apr 1, 2010 By Staff Report LEBANON — A deaf man remains hospitalized two days after he was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross North Broadway near the Warren County Fairgrounds. The condition...
Deaf Caretaker Charged With Battery To Infant
02-Apr-10
From: Chicago Sun-Times - Apr 1, 2010 A deaf West Side woman was charged with aggravated battery to a child Thursday for allegedly shaking and squeezing an infant she was caring for earlier this month. Angela Harris, 47, of 5200...
WA Senate OKs tax increase for 911 upgrades
02-Apr-10
From: Seattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 1, 2010 OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state Senate has approved a measure that lets counties and the state increase a tax on landline and cell phone bills to pay for 911 system upgrades. Under...
Callison: A new spin on sign language
02-Apr-10
From: Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Apr 1, 2010 JILL CALLISON When Brad Wyant learned sign language, he didn't know it was a method of communication that dated back centuries. But when he researched its history, he found that in...
Deaf Today is going offline for good - UPDATE!
01-Apr-10
From: webmaster - Mar 31, 2010 Since Nov 2008, Deaf Today went inactive and have been hibernating for long time. It was inexcusable to let that happen. But I have decided to let Deaf Today shut down for good. Although...
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