DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 9, 2014
-- a deaf woman that forever changed history
There was an article that listed 52 women that forever
changed history. One of them was deaf - Gertrude Ederle,
the first woman to swim across the British Channel.
-- world's largest cabbage
There was a contest to grow the world's largest cabbage.
The winner was a deaf farmer from Great Britain (his name
not known). He was asked to come up for an interview
on a local TV news show. It was a disaster because
his deafness prevented him from communicating with the
newscaster, and there was no interpreter around!
-- FCC's response time
How long does it take for the FCC to respond to a
no-captions complaint? DeafDigest editor, wanting
to watch a football game on TV that was not captioned,
filed a complaint with the FCC. 22 days later, the
FCC responded. Do keep that time frame in mind the
next time you complain to FCC on a deaf related
matter (captions, relay, etc).
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