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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on March 27, 2013 that it has launched a public consultation on the possibility of establishing video relay services (VRS) for Canadians who are deaf and communicate in sign...
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It is cruel enough to steal from a deaf woman. But burglars in this North Columbus neighborhood stole from Pam Estes something that can never be replaced: the life of her dog Shaughnessy.According to ABC6, when Estes...
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A YouTube video showing 29-year-old Sarah Churman hearing a human voice for the first time through medical technology became an Internet sensation in the fall of 2011. Churman now shares the dramatic moment and her own personal...
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced that Canadians will be able to contact 911 services by text in the near future. Wireless and telephone companies must upgrade their networks to support this feature by...
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A new implant replacing an impaired middle ear can restore hearing in deaf patients, say researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. The invention has been approved for clinical study. The device is called a...
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There is no doubt that crime shows it ugly head in many ways; some of which are tragic and bizarre. Daily News reported yesterday that two deaf men were having a conversation using sign language in Burlington, North...
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They're deaf and blind and long and short, but far from helpless.Dachshunds, those long dogs with stubby bodies, think they're much bigger than they are. Ask anyone who has one. They are also fearless and...
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Terrance Ervin Daniels, a North Carolina deaf man, was stabbed Wednesday night when another man mistook his sign language for gang signs. Police say Daniels was signing with another deaf man when a passerby, 22-year-old Robert Jarell...
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Several consumer groups representing deaf and hard of hearing people have filed a complaint against Amazon.com on December 20, 2012 for not providing Internet closed captioning on its website as required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the...
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Part three of a four part series. Read part one and part two. “So Lebanon Can Hear,” held May 2012 in Beirut, paired Minnesota-based Starkey Hearing Foundation with Los Angeles-based ALO Cultural Foundation - to...
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