DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, July 1, 2014
-- a deaf collegiate basketball star stays home
Crystle Marion, who played for Erie College in
New York, was selected to the USA National
Under-21 women's basketball team. Coming up was
the World Deaf Basketball Championship in Turkey.
All players had to raise $4,000 to make the trip.
People in Buffalo donated money and she met the goal.
A big shocker came up. She was ruled ineligible,
too old to play - just by one week. American
basketball officials thought she was eligible since
she was born on December 25, 1992. A big
misunderstanding since players had to be born after
January 1, 1993. Yet - good news - the money she
raised will go to her partipation at the 2015
Deaflympics!
-- deaf consumers win a big victory in London
Sky TV is a big cable provider in London. Many
deaf people subscribe to this TV service. The
company just changed its policy - no more
cancellations by email; if they wanted to cancel,
they have to make a telephone call. This caused
so much anger in the Deaf Community - that the
company officials backed off and allowed the deaf
to use email. For the hearing, they must make the
telephone call.
- headache with hearing aid users
Paris, Illinois is a small town of 6,000 people.
It has a 911 service. A recently-retired 911
operator had a confession - that much of the
communication problems with these emergency
calls came from hearing aid users! He said
"they can be the most difficult to work with
over the phone".
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