DeafDigest Blue - August 18, 2019 Blue Edition http://deafdigest.com/ - updated every Monday Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 23rd year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Employment ads web site: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-pointing-at-menu/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/a-deaf-video-with-no-sound/ This week's ASL videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/tinnitus-to-be-deaf-or-hearing/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearing-loss-not-in-percentages/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Deaf leaders in Trinidad and Tobago said that while there have been much progress in deaf education, public acceptance of sign language and rights of the deaf, there is still much more that needs to be done. A 109 million dollar grant from US Department of Commerce will go to 34 states and two tribal nations to have their 911 systems upgraded. That should make things easier for the deaf when making these emergency 911 text calls. A safety app used at Texas School for the Deaf will alert everyone on the campus as to dangers and issues that they should be aware of. Dirk Hillard, who is deaf, has tossed in his hat for the candidacy of the Davenport 8th Ward City Council (Iowa). He is a Democrat and will be competing against 4 other candidates. Dr. Bethany Fiskum, who is deaf, is a pharmacist in a Des Moines, Iowa pharmacy. She was written up in a newspaper story. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 at no cost to the user, with 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! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- weekly DeafDigest Blue & Gold editions: http://deafdigest.com/ (updated every Monday) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube TINNITUS: A CHOICE In Scotland few years ago, a hearing woman was suffering from tinnitus. It is a stubborn ringing of noise in a person’s head that almost never stops. The doctor told the woman that she had a choice – to have an operation to cure tinnitus but to become deaf for good or to ignore the operation and suffer tinnitus for life but to remain hearing. An awful choice! This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/tinnitus-to-be-deaf-or-hearing/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale In Maine, a deaf friend was chatting with a hearing friend. The deaf person thought the hearing friend said: I live in Stanford The hearing friend actually said: I live in Sanford note: Sanford is Maine's 7th largest city -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube NEWSPAPER REPORTERS ALWAYS WRONG ABOUT HEARING LOSS We often read in the newspapers such as "80 percent hearing loss" or "50 percent hearing loss" etc. This is not correct. No such a thing as a hearing loss in percentages. Hearing loss is measured in decibels, not in percentages. We almost never read in the newspapers "80dB hearing loss" or "50dB hearing loss" etc. This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/hearing-loss-not-in-percentages/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Members of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the country's leading organization representing stenographic court reporters, captioners, and legal videographers, have been meeting this week at the 2019 Convention & Expo taking place August 15th through the 18th at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado. Court reporters and captioners rely on the latest in technology to use stenographic machines to capture the spoken word and translate it into written text in realtime. These professionals work both in and out of the courtroom recording legal cases and depositions, providing live captioning of events, and assisting members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities with gaining access to information, entertainment, educational opportunities, and more. Because people in the broadcast television industry and the business world still continue to need our services, some captioning and remote CART has been provided from hotel rooms in the Hyatt Regency in Denver, where the convention is taking place. So after you've watched your favorite live television show this week, you might wonder where that captioner was. Could he or she have been in a hotel room looking out over the Rocky Mountains? -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: DeafDigest also dedicates this edition to Doris Jane Grieve, who departed us this week. She was also a long time volunteer with the National Association of the Deaf. And what made it so interesting about her was that she was an oralist; her knowledge of signs was barely adequate, yet it did not prevent her from volunteering, and being valued volunteer, at the NAD, which always advocated ASL. She needed no supervision from anyone; she would come to the office on a regular basis and jump into chores that she knew that had to be done, even when she came back to town from month-long vacations! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: DeafDigest dedicates this edition to Kathleen Ollerenshaw, a deaf British woman who departed us at the age of 101. She was one of British's leading mathematicians. Plus she served as Lord Mayor of Manchester and an advisor on education to Margaret Thatcher's government. She functioned as a hearing person and did not know British Sign Language. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- for sub/unsub options, go to deafdigest.com Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2019 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-