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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Rahm Emanuel, Howard Brookins, Students, Walter Burnett, Jr.
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Language bank provides live telephonic interpretation for practitioner, patient
marieg@heald-mail.comAn elderly woman heads into the emergency room with severe stomach pain. She hardly understand what’s happening, let alone how the doctors will fix it. All she knows is that it hurts, she’s alone and she doesn’t speak English. As...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Palm Springs (Palm Beach, Florida), Greenacres, 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: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Students, Teaching and Learning, Near North Side
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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 Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Students, Teaching and Learning, Near North Side
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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: Trials, Regal Entertainment Group, U.S. Department of Justice, Litigation, Arts and Culture
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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: Values, Sales, Religion and Belief, Heart Disease, Illinois Governor
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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, JC Penney Company Inc., Schools
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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: Prisons, Justice and Rights, Washington, DC, Human Rights, Sexual Assault
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How to determine what medical screening is necessary
There has been a lot of news about medical tests lately. Physicians are coming out against unnecessary testing and screenings to save patients time, money and health risks. As a senior, how do you know which tests or screenings you should have done, and...
Tags: Alzheimer's Association, Prostate Cancer, Colonoscopy, Vitamin B12, Glaucoma
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