Deaf children's gesture mismatches provide clues to learning moments PhysOrg | Through a series of experiments with 40 deaf children, ages nine through 12, all of whom were fluent in American Sign Language, researchers were able to distinguish between ASL signs and gestures that look like the gestures hearing children produce...
Romney’s deaf touch on auto’s recovery Ohio | While on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, Mitt Romney told a “humorous” (his word) little story going back to the days when his father, George Romney, was head of American Motors. | The car company had a factory in Michigan and two in W...
Built by a deaf contractor, J&K;'s 60-yr-old Zero Bridge dismantled DNA India | History flowed down the Jhelum River in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital on Wednesday as the authorities started dismantling the six-decade-old Zero Bridge - said to be so named because it was constructed by a contractor who was deaf! | "The b...
YourNews: Student audiology organization to hold golf tournament April 22 Knox News | The Student Academy of Audiology will host its third annual golf tournament April 22 at Three Ridges Golf Course in Knoxville. The shotgun-style tournament will kick off with lunch at 12:30 followed by a 1:30 tee-off. | SAA is a graduate student or...
Deaf, gay and HIV positive activist battles against stigma CNN April 3, 2012 -- Updated 1048 GMT (1848 HKT) John Meletse: HIV in the deaf community | (CNN) -- It's been 11 years since John Meletse, a deaf, gay South African man, first learned he was HIV positive. | But the events of that day are all too vividly ...
SPOTLIGHT: Group goes to Jamaica to help deaf kids my SA | PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — If you can speak, your voice will be heard, but for many deaf children in Jamaica, their voices are muffled, or even silenced. | That's where members of On To Victory! Deaf Ministries step in. A group of four from the ministry...
Man kills deaf and dumb sister over property dispute Indian Express | A man allegedly killed his deaf and dumb sister in Sambhal area here due to a property dispute, police sources said today. | Gufran hit his sister Khurshida (30) repeatedly with bricks last night, killing her on the spot, they said. | The accused l...
Hearing Aid Vacuums Might Be Handy For Earbud Maintenance Gizmodo Andrew Liszewski - | The Renew is a tiny handheld vacuum, with an even tinier syringe nozzle, designed to suck dust, debris, and earwax out of a hearing aid. And as gross as it sounds, it might also be an effective way to improve your headphone...
Fizzy drinks a predictor of future health problems PhysOrg | In a world-first study, researchers from Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, the University of Sydney, have found that 12-year-olds ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
