DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, October 7, 2013
-- The biggest deaf scientific accomplishment that never won a Nobel Prize
The Associated Press ran a story of five biggest scientific
accomplishments that have never won a Nobel Prize. One of these
five accomplishments ignored by the Nobel is the Cochlear Implant!
One reason is that Nobel awards are not given to deceased people.
William House, deceased, was one of the scientists that developed
the CI - still living are the other CI pioneers - Graeme Clark,
a Coda, Ingeborg Hochmair and Blake Wilson. Certainly for better
or worse, the Deaf Community was never the same because of the CI.
-- a powerful, high ranking politician rejects his deaf child
Ibrahim Shema is a high ranking, and powerful politician in
Nigeria, currently the governor of the state of Katsina. As
a young man many years ago he fathered a child, but never
married the mother. That child right now is a 26-year old
deaf woman. Amina, the deaf woman, wants a face to face meeting
with her father. He refuses to have anything to do with her!
Amina is now asking the judge for the rights for a DNA testing
with Shema!
-- Matt Hamill to fight on October 9th
Deaf ultimate fighter Matt Hamill is opposing Thiago Silva,
a Brazilian on October 9th in Brazil. Matt retired in 2011 but
came back and won his last two matches. Will he win again?
People are saying Silva is Matt's toughest opponent. Silva is a
better boxer but Matt is a better wrestler. Silva, however, has
failed two drug tests in his past five fights! We will see
what happens come Wednesday night.
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