DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, May 6, 2013
-- a deaf sports team kicked off the plane
A deaf sports team was kicked off the plane by
the pilot. He felt it was a safety risk to allow
them to fly. Huh? What! The national deaf cricket
team of India was told to get off the Bangkok Airways
plane because the pilot was scared! They were scheduled
to play at Thailand. After an overnight delay, they
were allowed to fly to Thailand.
-- an attorney not knowing he was deaf
Gerald Shea, who became deaf at the age of 6 because
of an illness, is an attorney, specializing in complex
corporate deals - mergers and joint-venture issues.
He did not know he was deaf, even though he struggled
to communicate with people. He practiced law for 30
years, first 10 years before he was told by doctors
that he was really deaf! Shocked, he purchased a hearing
aid and continued with law for 20 more years before retiring.
He retired because struggling with deafness wore him out.
-- a bionic eye for the deaf-blind?
Second Sight Medical, a company in California, won OK
from U S Food and Drug Administration to build a bionic
eye for the blind. The company says it helps few blind
people get some vision back. It also said that 20
European blind people were helped by the new bionic
eye product. This may be something the deaf-blind
could look into.
05/05/13 Blue edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-blue-newsletter/
05/05/13 Gold edition at:
http://35.182.75.222/category/newsletter/newsletter-gold-newsletter/
