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Deaf artist brings skills to schools
Students in Palm Beach County who are deaf or hard of hearing will get a taste of visual storytelling from CJ Jones – an internally known deaf artist. Jones next week will conduct drama workshops at Indian Pines Elementary in Lake Worth, Palm...Tags: Greenacres, Palm Springs (Palm Beach, Florida), Lake Worth
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Hearing Aid attached to tooth turning up the volume from some
36-million adults in the U-S report some degree of hearing loss. But only one in five people who could benefit from a hearing aid uses one. Now a new device that actually goes inside the *mouth* could help many hear much better. Remember how the...Tags: Physiology
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Deaf Awareness Day is Friday, May 10, at the Valley Mall
Deafnet Association Inc. is sponsoring Deaf Awareness Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Valley Mall, 17301 Valley Mall Road, Hagerstown, featuring vendors serving the deaf community. Also from 1 to 2 p.m., state officials will lead a... -
Hearing officers criticize CPS plans
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending against 13...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Northwestern University, Justice System, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Northwestern University, Justice System, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Regal to let deaf moviegoers see what they've been missing
Raymond Smith Jr. has been trying for nearly two decades to make the movie industry listen to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing. This month, the senior executive at Regal Entertainment Group will come closer to his goal. His company, the...
Tags: Regal Entertainment Group, Carmike Cinemas Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Trials
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Business profile: Hearing Health Center
Name: Ronna Fisher, Au.D Age: 55 Hometown: Pittsburgh Name of business: Hearing Health Center Describe what you do. We provide patients with the ability to, once again, participate in activities they ceased enjoying (movies, bridge, theater,...
Tags: Business, Values, Illinois Governor, Ethics, Skokie
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Grandparents day planned at Hickory Elementary
Grandparents of students who attend Hickory Elementary School are invited to Grandparents Day. Grandparents are invited to visit the school Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Spring band concert Fifth-graders at Hickory Elementary...Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, JC Penney Company Inc.
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Talila Lewis: Florida's deaf inmates need to be seen and heard
The abuse experienced by deaf prisoners housed in the Florida Department of Corrections defies imagination. HEARD's Deaf and Deaf-Blind Prisoner Database includes information on more than 400 men and women, in 38 states, the District of Columbia, and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Washington, DC, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Two senior communities upgrading to attract deaf residents
Baby boomers in search of a South Florida retirement community look for certain amenities: accessible apartments, activities, on-site nurses. But if you're severely hearing impaired, you also may need sign language interpreters, video phones, movie...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Long Term Care, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Nursing, Medical Specialization
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Bionic eye maker has vision of the future
Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, so I hired them instead,"...
Tags: Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Science and Technology, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Blindness
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The science and suffering of hearing loss
Former Baltimorean Katherine Bouton abruptly lost the hearing in her left ear at age 30. One minute she could hear, and the next, she could not. Over the decades, her impairment worsened. By the time she was 60, she was functionally deaf. But her...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, The New York Times, Newspaper and Magazine, Alzheimer's Disease, Physical Conditions
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