DeafDigest Blue - November 26, 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/oral-interpreters-expensive-in-england/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/oral-deaf-big-shock/ This week's ASL videos in youtube http://deafdigest.com/videos/doctor-specializing-in-deaf-tinnitus/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/loud-applause-for-interpreter-not-deaf/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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) -- gentle shoulder tap almost led to a violent fight http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Saturday's Deaf Picture for your surprise http://deafdigest.com/alumni-association-of-a-closed-deaf-school/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: $150,000 grant has been given to researchers at University of Texas at San Antonio to train school psychologists in deaf education. AT&T Pacific Bell has been slapped with a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf employee for denying him reasonable accommodation. More people in Kenya are becoming deaf. Why? No one knows! A deaf man checked in at an emergency room in a British hospital, and was left there for many hours - only because the hospital couldn't find an interpreter for him. The government hospital services have been pretty much embarrassed by the whole thing. In parts of India, there is a court room on wheels, transporting to areas where public transportation is not available. In one day, over 90 people showed up with their legal issues. A number of them were deaf! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 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? - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/doctor-specializing-in-deaf-tinnitus/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale a deaf friend was chatting with a hearing friend in a bar The deaf friend thought hearing friend said: I like chin The hearing friend actually said: I like gin -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube AN APPLAUSE THAT A DEAF SPEAKER HATES What is an applause from the hearing people that the deaf speaker, with interpreter, hates? It is when a deaf speaker gives a wonderful speech about something. The hearing people stand up and give a very loud applause after that speech. One thing was wrong. The applause was for the interpreter, not for the deaf speaker! - for ASL News version with captions, please visit: http://deafdigest.com/videos/loud-applause-for-interpreter-not-deaf/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series When people find out what I do for a living, one topic that many people immediately bring up is captioning errors. People are always reading the screens of CART captioners and broadcast captioners as we write what is being said, and because we are human, there will always be some mistakes. Realtime captioners cannot stop and go back to correct mistakes. Everyone sees the mistakes that we make. It is very important that users of realtime captioning understand what an acceptable error rate is and what is not acceptable. Unfortunately, even if a captioner is writing at 99.9% accuracy, there will still be 10 misstrokes for every 10,000 steno strokes. People often focus on those 10 misstrokes rather than the 9,990 strokes that are correct. To do a little comparison with something that most of us are familiar with, imagine if you were typing on a computer keyboard and you were typing 10,000 keystrokes without taking a break. If you only had 10 incorrect keystrokes, you would probably be very happy with your accuracy. Of course, there are some captioners and captioning programs out there that may not be doing a good job, and consumers of captioning should voice their concerns to help to improve the quality. If there is a mistake in every sentence or if one in every 10 or 20 words is wrong, it is important to let the people in charge know that the captioning is not good enough. Sometimes the people in charge have no idea what good captioning is. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: A recent edition of the Irish Independent newspaper ran a piece about babies being able to tell friend from foe before talking. It pretty much is the same with the deaf adults able to tell a hearing friend from a hearing foe. All we do is to read their facial expressions. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: Implants come in two pieces, inner and outer. Future CI's may come in one piece, all that go inside. A major CI manufacturer introduced this device, saying it is the world's first single unit processor, claiming FDA has approved it. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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. DeafDigest conditions and terms http://deafdigest.com/deaf-digest-conditions-and-terms/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Attention: the employment ads section is at: http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ All new jobs will be immediately posted in that section