DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 22, 2014
-- millions of hearing people thank subtitles
Many hearing people hate captions and subtitles. But last
night millions of hearing people thanked subtitles!
A popular British TV program "Jamaica Inn" had voice and
audio problems. They could not hear the conversations
and music - there was so much buzzing and so much static.
What did they do? They turned on the subtitles - and were
able to enjoy the program. Hopefully these hearing people
understand how important captions and subtitles are to us.
-- special shoes for the deaf-blind?
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, there was an exhibit
of future devices and inventions. One such invention was
a special pair of shoes for the blind (hearing). It has
an attached ultrasound device. It helps alert hearing
blind walkers to obstacles while they walk with their
canes. What about vibrating pair of shoes for the
deaf-blind while they walk?
-- cops hate hate deaf vendors?
Wenzhou is a Chinese city of about 3,000,000 people.
The cops in Wenzhou have a bad reputation for roughing
up the street vendors, which sell everything - food,
clothes, shoes, pots and pans, etc. One deaf vendor
refused to leave the area when the cops told him to
move out. As a result, they beat him up so badly that
he had to be hospitalized. The cops knew he was deaf
but it didn't matter to them.
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