DeafDigest Blue - December 10, 2017 Blue Edition Barry Strassler, Editor http://deafdigest.com - updated every Monday America's Unique Deaf Stories; subscription at no cost to you Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 21st year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-doctors-afraid-of-surgical-mask/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/electrowriter-was-deaf-communication-device/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/asl-classes-with-football-players/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/cochlear-implant-and-tinnitus/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest welcomes unique deafnews tips; mailto:barry@deafdigest.com sources of unique deafnews are never revealed; always confidential -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update) -- medical researcher, deaf http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/police-officer-is-angry/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Deaf travelers at the Tokyo International Airport are now able to use video relay telephone booths. It is said to be the first time a Japanese airport has this feature. The state of Arizona is suffering from a severe shortage of teachers of the deaf. It was the focus of a newspaper story this week. Dr. Carolyn McCaskill, a professor of ASL and Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, said in a web article that she used Black ASL for much of her younger years, not knowing what the other ASL was all about! A deaf man repaid his social security check overpayments, thinking he was in the clear. He wasn't and he had to hire an attorney to clear up social security standing. Most of the deaf that have jobs in India are unhappy with the wages they earned, according to a survey. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- READ WHAT THEY SAY Unlock the phone with CapTel® Captioned Telephone! CapTel shows word-for-word captions of everything a caller says over the phone, letting you read everything that they say. Like captions on TV – for the phone! Captions are provided by a free service, no monthly fees or contracts required. For more information or to order call 1-800-233-9130 V/TTY or visit http://www.weitbrecht.com/captel.html . For more info about CapTel or any of the many assistive listening devices we offer, email: mailto:sales@weitbrecht.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! CapTel® Captioned Telephone – See What Everyone is Talking About! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates Deaf Dentist; College Park. MD & Gaithersburg, MD (near Washington, DC & Frederick, MD & also Metro Washington) Complete Dental Services; assistants either know ASL or are deaf more information: http://www.drrattner.com/our-team/meet-our-team/ to contact Dr. Steven L. Rattner, P.A. & Associates: http://www.drrattner.com/contact/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube ASL COURSES POPULAR WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS? There are many, many college football players that take ASL classes. Do these football players love ASL and love Deaf Culture? No. Many football coaches tell these players to take ASL classes because they think it is an easy class for them to pass and to continue playing football. An example was a group of 29 football players at University of Oregon taking these ASL classes. Maybe this is why the team is very strong since all of them passed their classes! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/asl-classes-with-football-players/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A TV movie showed a conversation between two actresses. One said "sleigh" and the other one thought it was "slay" both words are impossible for the deaf to lipread! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube ONE REASON WHY SOME DEAF PEOPLE HAVE CI Some deaf people accept CI for different reasons. Some may be late-deafened and a CI will help them follow voices and sounds. Some just want to follow noises - such as police siren, hearing people yelling at them, a firecracker explosion, etc. But there is another reason why some deaf people want CI. They suffer from tinnitus. And for some of them CI helps kill off tinnitus. Always kill off? Yes, in some cases - and no, in other cases. Those that accept CI to kill off tinnitus and when it doesn't, are very disappointed. - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/cochlear-implant-and-tinnitus/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Many people ask me how I "type" so fast. The reason is that CART captioners and broadcast captioners do not "type" most words letter by letter. They write whole words or phrases phonetically on their steno machines. Realtime captioners put unusual names and terms in dictionaries in their computer software. Most of the software programs for captioners use a main dictionary for words, phrases, and names that would be appropriate for all assignments. Then they also have what are called job dictionaries. A captioner may have a job dictionary for the names of basketball players for a basketball game, and that captioner may also have a job dictionary for the names of news anchors and personnel at a specific television station. A CART captioner might have a job dictionary for biology terms used in college classes, and he or she might have a job dictionary for the names of all the people and places discussed at the local city council meeting. If unusual names and terms are used that are not applicable to all assignments, it makes sense for the captioner to create a job dictionary. If a word or name comes up that is not in one of the captioner's dictionaries for that assignment, the captioner must think quickly enough to fingerspell that word, or an error will occur. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: In the late seventies, a deaf leader, who did not use sign language, gave a keynote speech at a deaf convention. He said that the mental level of those that use sign language was equivalent to a monkey. This off-the-cuff remark caused a furor and it ruined the political aspirations of this deaf oral leader. What about it? It was reported in the newspapers that a chimp is "smarter" than humans when it came to short-term memory tests. This experiment was conducted by a team of researchers at Kyoto University in Japan. Was the deaf oral leader ahead of his times with this "monkey" comment? No, but DeafDigest editor thought it was funny. And besides, would we think these tests were scientifically valid? No! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Are we seeing a race among pharmaceuticals to come up with anti-deaf drugs? Seems so because of the newspaper headline that said: Drugmakers step up search for hearing loss medicines A point in mind - FDA has not approved any of these proposed medicines! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- subscription changes, go to deafdigest.com and click on subscribe and follow the screen weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions also posted at: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2017 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. 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