DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, January 4, 2012
-- The nation's only deaf TV reporter
Years back, we had several deaf TV reporters. But
now, there is only one. Why? Some reporters had
their TV programs canceled. And some of them passed
away. Now, who is the only deaf TV reporter?
It is Karen Meyer, who is on TV twice a week with the
Chicago's ABC News station. She discusses issues about
the disabled.
-- Year 2011 Strangest Deaf News
What is the Strangest Deaf News of 2011? It was when
two deaf men were chatting with each other in ASL at
a Florida bar. An angry hearing woman thought ASL was
Gang Sign Language, She stabbed both of them with her
knife! Yes, the police arrested her.
-- A future hearing aid is smaller than a dot
Hearing aids are getting smaller and becoming more
invisible. Engineer Bahram Azizollah Ganji, not deaf,
is building a hearing aid that is smaller than a dot,
which makes it invisible. He said deaf people can wear
it and hearing people would not know about it. He also
says this tiny hearing aid would be as powerful as
some of the bigger hearing aids. He is hoping to
manufacture it for a much lower cost than these
$5,000 hearing aids.
-- Our 30,000 deaf college students?
How many deaf and hard of hearing students attend
American colleges? A survey said 30,000 students.
The survey did not say if it also counts students
from Gallaudet, NTID, CSUN and SWCID. This survey
also did not say if it is 4-year colleges only
or if it includes both 2-year and 4-year colleges.
-- Captioned movies in 3-D?
Some electronics manufacturers are building 3-D Home
Movie Theaters. Strange, because there are too few
3-D movies available for showing. Anyway, could these
3-D movies be captioned? Yes, according to observers
that have watched these open and closed captioned
demonstrations. Still - too few 3-D films around.
