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Deaf baby becomes one of the youngest in Britain to undergo promising surgery for hearing loss
The Daily Mail
Seven-month-old Paige Evans will undergo a revolutionary cochlear implant after doctors gave the go-ahead for the treatment. ...
Netflix to offer closed captions on all content by 2014 to settle lawsuit by Mass. deaf viewer
The Washington Post
| BOSTON — Netflix will offer closed captions on all TV and movie content by September 2014 as part of a settlement with a deaf Massachusetts viewer who sued the company. | The on-demand Internet streaming service agreed to the settlement Tuesd...
Spirit employees group gives $50,000 to help children get hearing aids.
The Wichita Eagle
| The Good Neighbor Fund of Spirit AeroSystems has donated $50,000 to the Children Miracle Network Hospitals Hearing Aid Fund for pediatric patients, Via Christi Health announced Wednesday. | The donation will go toward hearing aids for children whos...
James Moore: Sainsbury's chief is talking sense, but Osborne chooses to turn a deaf ear
The Independent
| Outlook Justin King knows a thing or two about employee share ownership. Some 40,000 of his colleagues have shares in Sainsbury's, and 11,000 of them picked up payouts totalling £26.5m last year through the supermarket group's share save scheme. |...
New FCC rules on closed captioning fall short, says deaf community
The Examiner
Related topics | FCCDeafclosed captioning | Advertisement | Many deaf activists are calling the new Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rulings on closed captioning a step forward, but complain that there are too many loopholes, says the Washingto...
Heartwarming tale of the deaf quadriplegic who writes on Twitter at four words a minute
The Daily Mail
David Rose, from Orange County, California, is a profoundly deaf quadriplegic, so he sends his messages out at a pace of four words a minute on to his army of Twitter followers. ...
Say pizza, they’ll lip-read - XLRI to link deaf-mute youths to trendy fast food jobs ...
The Telegraph India
It doesn’t take sharp ears to pack a zinger burger or a chicken bucket or a cheesy pizza. The person manning the takeaway counter can well read the customer’s lips. ...
New FCC rules on closed captioning fall short, deaf say
The Washington Times
| Follow @intxticated | Many deaf activists say they are disappointed with the shortcomings of a new law that requires television producers to add captions to popular shows like “CSI” or “The Office” when they are viewed onlin...
Leclerc role as deaf teen gives her career boost
CNBC
| NEW YORK - Playing a deaf teen on the ABC Family drama "Switched at Birth" has put Katie Leclerc on Hollywood's radar. | "I was acting for about 10 years before I got 'Switched,' the 25-year-old actress said in a recent interview. "It was all minor...
>Leclerc role as deaf teen gives her career boost
Seattle Post
| NEW YORK (AP) — Playing a deaf teen on the ABC Family drama "Switched at Birth" has put Katie Leclerc on Hollywood's radar. | "I was acting for about 10 years before I got 'Switched,' the 25-year-old actress said in a recent interview. "It was al...
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Huffington Post
| Bloomberg View | Contaminated food sickens 48 million Americans, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths and more than 100,000 hospitalizations each yea... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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DNA India
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The Examiner
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