DeafDigest Blue - July 25, 2021 Blue Edition http://deafdigest.com/ Serving the Deaf Community since 1996; 25th year -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Employment ads web site: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Last week's ASL Videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/finally-captions-for-deaf/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/deaf-box-hearing-box/ This week's ASL videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/doctor-specializing-in-deaf-tinnitus/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/americans-signing/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Mark Mlsna, who is deaf, was hired by Union Pacific Railroad Co in 2006. His job was to make sure freight trains run smoothly. Because of his deafness, he lost his job and as a result, filed a job discrimination lawsuit. The jury ruled in favor of the deaf employee. ........ Wisconsin named ten top airplane pilots. One of them was Jean Hauser, who became the first deaf pilot in Wisconsin, being licensed in 1965. ........ The Nature magazine said that deaf scientists develop better signs for scientific terms. This is interesting because one deaf chemist said such signs are missing! ........... A novel - The Queen’s Spy, written by Clare Marchant, has featured a deaf pharmacist, always getting into trouble with Queen Elizabeth I because of his lipreading "skills." The Queen's spymaster was afraid the Queen would be threatened by the deaf pharmacist. .......... In a long interview with Marlee Matlin, she has credited Henry Winkler (as known as the Fonz) for being a great mentor to her acting career. ............ 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, email: 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 DOCTOR AND THE DEAF Many deaf people suffer from tinnitus. We have some doctors that work with people that suffer from tinnitus. There is one doctor, who said she is the only one in USA with a doctorate, specializing in tinnitus. Her name is Dr. Marsha Johnson and her practice is in Oregon. Yet, how many deaf patients have seen her in her 15 years of practice? Zero! Why? This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/doctor-specializing-in-deaf-tinnitus/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale try lipreading either of these two similar words - windy and Wendy as both can be lipread the same! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube AMERICANS SIGNING FOREIGN AMERICAN LANGUAGES This is a true story. Two deaf Americans were arguing in sign language. The third person, himself deaf, watched the argument but did not understand the argument. Why? The two deaf Americans were arguing in ASL; the third deaf person, not arguing, but watching, only knew SEE (Signing Essential English) and could not just understand one word! Do  deaf in USA, have too many different American languages in signs? Yes. This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/americans-signing/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series "What does a CART provider or captioner do when the proceedings become contentious and everyone is talking at the same time?" Although court reporters and CART providers use the same skills and the same equipment and software to perform many of their job functions, this is where there is a big difference in how they perform their job duties. A court reporter is supposed to make a verbatim record of the proceedings that he or she reports. If people start speaking over one another and it is impossible to decipher who is speaking and what they are saying, a court reporter should stop the proceedings and ask people to repeat what they have said.? It is the reporter's duty to attempt to maintain a clear record. The CART provider or captioner, on the other hand, is present at an event to provide communication access. Because a verbatim record is not required, the CART provider would usually not stop the proceedings to gain control of a contentious situation. The captioner can use parentheticals such as (simultaneous crosstalk), (indiscernible), or (inaudible) to indicate that one cannot understand what is being said. The consumers of the CART services would then be able to ask people at the event to repeat or slow down. Just because you see someone at an event using a steno machine, it does not mean that he or she is making a verbatim record. The goal may be to enable the consumers of the CART services to understand what everyone else in the room understands. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Gallaudet men's basketball history book for sale https://app.mobilecause.com/form/LQ60XQ?vid=73t7e If you have any questions, please email kevin.kovacs@gallaudet.edu -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 Joy Carney, who departed us. As a young woman she was known as Joy York and was a faithful NAD employee, and on the side, a strong advocate for the needs of the deaf. Over the years she has continued her advocacy with respect to telecommunications and interpreting needs. In recent years she lived on the Delaware's Eastern Shore and operated her own Deaf Tours travel business while serving as an interpreter and also helping out with the Deaf Independent Living Association, the Eastern Shore area's deaf social service agency. She had a reputation for being the best interpreter on the Eastern Shore. As a compliment to her interpreting skills, a deaf husband and a deaf wife, going through a divorce, agreed on just her as the interpreter, representing both sides. It was contrary to conventional wisdom. But with Joy, it didn't matter as everyone trusted her impartiality! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: The National Foundation for the Deaf has succeeded in getting the New Zealand Human Rights Commission's challenge of the way The Accident Compensation Corporation defines deafness. The challenge was because the deaf group felt the definition was discriminatory. Next step is for both groups to go into mediation to agree on a more reasonable definition of deafness. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- for sub/unsub options, go to deafdigest.com Employment ads web site is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- DeafDigest Copyright 2021 by Barry Strassler, DeafDigest. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-