DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, March 7, 2012
- A British soccer game cancelled because of a hearing aid!
Craig Beech plays semi pro soccer in England, while wearing
his hearing aid. He's been doing that for six years. Suddenly,
in a game last week, the referee threw him out of the game
for wearing the hearing aid. The ref said it was a safety
hazard. Craig's teammates, upset about it, walked out of
the game, thus cancelling the event! The league is angry
at the referee and may punish him. As for the hearing
aid, the Deaflympics does not allow it, but high schools,
colleges and the pros allow it.
- Watching theatrical plays on your wireless pagers
In the near future you may be able to watch theatrical plays
with your wireless pager. It will caption what was being said
on the stage. An Australian company has come up with this
idea. It is understood that the cost of this software app
is reasonable.
-- Netflix's confusing math on their captioning announcement
Netflix announced that 80 percent of their streaming videos
are captioned. Read carefully. It does not mean 80 percent
of their own videos. It means 80 percent of their streamed
videos are captioned. This means Netflix has many, many
videos that are not captioned and are not being streamed
at all. Possibly these non-captioned videos are so lousy
that these are not worth captioning?
-- A scared hard of hearing actress
Gael Hannan is an oralist from Toronto that knows no ASL.
She is a writer, actress, public speaker and a consultant on
hard of hearing issues. As an actress in community theatre, she
is scared, but careful on the stage, working with hearing actors.
She has to watch them for cues and facial expressions. If stage
is dark, she may get confused and make mistakes. When hearing
actors forget their lines, it makes things worse for her. These
are challenges that the audience is not aware of!
-- A cat using ASL!
Is there a cat that communicates in ASL same as chimps and
dogs? Look at:
http://www.youtube.com/v/7cE0RDoMPNA
-- Seeking Deaf People & Interpreters to evaluate the
National Interpreter Certification exam
With the enhancements to the NAD-RID National
Interpreter Certification exam, RID is now
accepting applications for both deaf and hearing
exam raters- those who can successfully evaluate
the competency of potential interpreters.
All applications due March 14, 2012.
For more information, including the ASL version of
the call for raters, please visit www.rid.org/NICNews
