Spring 2010 Issue
D/HH on Facebook? Who Would Know?
By now most everyone is aware of the many social networks available via the Internet. Even for those who don't own a computer, or only use theirs for e-mail and occasional Internet surfing, Google and ... Read More »
Open for Business 24/7, No Hearing Needed
For many people who are deaf and hard of hearing, everyday errands like shopping or paying bills can be a hassle because of the many factors that can obstruct communication in these scenarios. But now, ... Read More »
Heard Around the World
Untreated Hearing Loss in Colombia
Five million Colombians, about 11 percent of the country's population, have hearing problems, due mainly to alcohol, medicines, drugs and noise exposure to MP3 ... Read More »Summer Camp Can Last a Lifetime
Cara Frank was born with profound hearing loss. When she started school, the Vancouver, Wash., youngster first went to an oral school for the deaf, where she learned speech and hearing skills. During ... Read More »
Directory of Summer Camps for Kids with Hearing Loss (Online Exclusive)
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Camp Isola BellaJune 27-July 9: Leadership & Literacy (grades 5th-8th)
July 11-July 17: Youth Recreation ... Read More »
DRF Centurions — At the Forefront of Our Cause
In 1963, the nation's leading ear, nose and throat specialists came together with a simple but important goal: to advance the research crucial to their fields, knowing that their practices and patients ... Read More »
Preserving Residual Acoustic Hearing with Combined Acoustic and Electric Hearing
In recent years, a unique approach in the treatment of severe high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss has been explored. This new approach modifies existing cochlear implantation techniques by preserving ... Read More »
The Audiogram Explained, At Last!
Does an audiogram show test results that help you make sense of hearing loss, or is it a confusing series of lines and circles that leaves you frustrated? Audiograms are not as complicated as they look ... Read More »
Cliff Tallman Brings New Perspective to DRF Chair
He's a Yankee fan and a Mets fan, a Giants fan and a Jets fan. Cliff Tallman, who became chairman of the Deafness Research Foundation's Board of Directors on Jan. 1, 2010, has a knack for understanding ... Read More »
eBay Community Gives Record $50 Million to Nonprofits in 2009
In a tough economic year that forced decreases in consumer spending globally, eBay buyers and sellers nonetheless rallied to raise a record $50 million for U.S. and U.K. nonprofit organizations. eBay ... Read More »
Bidding for a Brighter Future
For Irene Goodman, having her five-year-old son, Rob, develop mild hearing loss was hard enough. Fifteen years later, when Rob began to experience vision loss as well, it was "the shock of our lives," ... Read More »
See What I’m Saying: Pioneering Documentary Features Deaf Entertainers
What do a comedian, a singer, a drummer and an actor have in common? First, they are all featured in the new movie "See What I'm Saying." Second, these performers are deaf.
"These are not deaf ... Read More »
Just a Song at Twilight: A New Play about Growing Up in a Deaf Household
I was about two or three when I fi rst realized that my mother was deaf. It was when the doorbell rang and she didn't respond. I ran to her, yelling, "The door, the door!" There were many other cries ... Read More »
Auditory Processing Disorders in Children
What is it about hearing that enables us to determine if the lyrics to a Creedence Clearwater Revival song are: "There's a bad moon on the rise" or "There's a bathroom on the right"? How is it possible ... Read More »
New Releases
The Artificial Ear: Cochlear Implants and the Culture of Deafness by Stuart Blume
©2010 Rutgers University Press, Paperback $29.95, 240 pp., ISBN 9780813546605
Through ... Read More »
Scanning for Relevant Sound
Not all hearing impairments arise from problems in the ear itself. Some can stem from issues in the brain. Gaining a deeper understanding of brain-based hearing loss is the aim of Mark Eckert, Ph.D., ... Read More »
Music is in the Air
For years, hearing aids have been designed primarily for amplifying live speech. However, sound can also come via many other sources, including MP3 players, cell phones, computers, TVs and the Internet. ... Read More »
I Believe
My son Jay is about to turn nine years old. Nine-year- old boys are much like Labrador puppies,
with their boundless energy and enthusiasm. Come to think of it, they kind of smell like them, too. Jay ... Read More »
Have You Heard?
iPod Users Must See to Their Own Hearing Protection
A federal appeals court rejected a classaction lawsuit brought against Apple in which the plaintiffs claimed that iPods cause hearing loss. ... Read More »The Very Personal Philanthropic Motives of Literary Agent Irene Goodman (Online Exclusive)
Two-and-a-half years ago, when her son, Rob, began to experience vision loss, Irene Goodman was shocked. Rob had hearing loss since age five, and now a second major sense was challenged. Rob was diagnosed ... Read More »
Fast-Paced Canadian Race Car Driver Sets Sights on NASCAR
If the name Kris Martin sounds familiar, it could be you're thinking of the Kawasaki motorcycle racer from England. Or perhaps you know of the popular singing Brit from Coldplay, also named Chris Martin. ... Read More »
