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Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Check out the Official Convention Blog for summaries from Monday’s concurrent sessions, including:
Auditory Neuropathy and Cochlear Implants: Theory and Treatment
AVT Model for Families Transitioning from Visual Language
The Auditory-Verbal Lives of Children with Multiple Challenges
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Hi from Orlando, Florida, where the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s Convention 2010 is in full swing. Be sure to follow @myheartlistens and @AGBell2010Conv on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates, and follow the official Convention Blog that I’m writing for summaries of each day’s sessions and events.
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
UCLA Tailback Derrick Coleman — see the hearing aids!?!
(Photo source HERE)
Derrick Coleman, a tailback on the UCLA Bruins football team, is not only a successful athlete who happens to have hearing loss, but also a stellar young man who has distinguished himself as one of the recipients of the 2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. [...]
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
I can hear your complaints now, “You’re kidding me, right? I just found out my baby is deaf and am dealing with all the added appointments and equipment that brings and now you’re asking me to voluntarily add more to my life by finding out whether or not he can see? You must be crazy!”
Well… [...]
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
I just learned about a great new film, “Including Samuel”. According to the film’s website:
Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib’s award-winning documentary film, Including Samuel, chronicles [...]
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
I finally had a chance to watch last week’s episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which featured a bilateral cochlear implant recipient (read more background info HERE and HERE). Though there wasn’t a whole lot of discussion of the implants on the show, what was said appeared very positive and factual to me — i.e. [...]
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Back in July, I blogged about an upcoming episode of the ABC television show “Extreme Home Makeover” that was being filmed about Carlton Marshall and his family. At the time, it was unclear when the episode was to air. Well, I just received an exciting update via the Cochlear Community. The episode of Extreme Home [...]
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Carlton Marshall was an officer in the Dallas Police Department when he was shot during a drug raid in October 2007. The shooting left him with life-changing injuries. After months in the hospital enduring severed spinal cord, meningitis, and a stroke, he uses a wheelchair to get around and received bilateral cochlear implants to help [...]
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Cochlear™ has just announced a new processor for their Baha® hearing system for people with conductive, unilateral, or mixed hearing loss. The Baha® BP100 processor has some fantastic new features, like:
increased water resistance
improved processing and fitting strategies — better ability to adjust to background noise
directional microphones
feedback reduction (yes, just like HAs, Bahas do produce feedback!)
tamper-proof controls and battery [...]
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
From The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s “AG Bell Update”:
AG Bell’s Preschool-Age Financial Aid program was established to provide financial support to families of preschool-age children who have a moderate to profound hearing loss and are seeking a listening and spoken language outcome for their child. Grants are awarded to alleviate [...]
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