DeafDigest Blue - March 29, 2020 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/asl-classes-with-football-players/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/church-services-for-deaf/ This week's ASL videos in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/cochlear-implant-and-tinnitus/ http://deafdigest.com/videos/no-meeting-during-national-protest/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Top stories about the deaf: Adam Kamani, who is deaf, was written up in a Manchester (Great Britain) newspaper as a real estate tycoon, owning his investment fund company, a  property development company and general merchandise sales web site. The most difficult language to lipread is the languages of India. This is what one story on lipreading said. A key procedure towards full web accessibility for the deaf is User experience. It was said that understanding the design needs of the deaf (captions) is a major part of User experience. Interpreters are badly needed during this pandemic, especially in California. Yet California's notorious AB5 law dealing with independent contrctors, has sown confusion among interpreters and the deaf community that needs them. Hearing Astronauts becoming Deaf Martians? Is this a joke? Not according to researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina. They are saying it could happen once the astronauts touch down on Mars. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 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 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. This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/cochlear-implant-and-tinnitus/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Lip reading tale A hearing fan was talking about football with a deaf fan - about the NFL football strike in the 1987 season. The deaf fan thought the hearing fan said: Ed Rubber was a good quarterback during the strike The hearing fan actually said: Ed Rubbert was a good quarterback during the strike -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This week's ASL video in youtube APPLE HATES GOOGLE; NAD HATES CBS ! Apple and Google both compete against each other and they both hate each other. But there were some important issues that Apple and Google had to discuss. As a result, the CEOs of Apple and Google met at a coffee cafe for a meeting. They met at coffee cafe which is a neutral location since Apple CEO won't go to Google office, and the Google CEO won't go to the Apple office. Did it happen to the deaf, in the past? Yes, in 1980, CBS refused to close caption their programs for the deaf. The deaf from all over USA had protest rallies in front of CBS offices in big cities. The CBS vice president wanted NAD CEO to come to his office in Washington, DC to discuss it. The NAD CEO refused to come to CBS office; the CBS vice president refused to come down to the street to meet with NAD CEO. As a result, the protest embarrassed CBS. This week's ASL video in youtube: http://deafdigest.com/videos/no-meeting-during-national-protest/ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- COMMENTS FROM A CART OPERATOR - continuing series Now more than ever, it is important that people have access to emergency information. If you see no captioning or poor captioning, please report it and let people know about it so that something can be done. The FCC Disability Rights Office addresses disability-related matters, including access to telecommunications services and equipment; hearing aid compatibility; access to advanced communications services and equipment; access to Internet browsers built into mobile phones; telecommunications relay services; the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program; accessible video programming and video programming apparatus (access to televised emergency information, closed captioning on television and television programs on the Internet, video description, and accessible user interfaces, text menus, and program guides). If you have specific complaints about accessibility, contact the FCC Disability Rights Office (DRO) at (202) 418-2518, (844) 432-2275 (ASL video support direct line), or via email. Complaints can also be filed online https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/204231424-Accessibility-Complaint-Filing-Categories -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- For postings, announcements and employment ad rates, please email mailto:barry@deafdigest.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 10 Years Ago: Chris Artinian, the Morton Steak House CEO, is a Coda with a deaf son. note: Times have changed and he is no longer associated with the national steak chain. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- News of the Week - Looking Back 5 Years Ago: In Vermont, there is a bill that proposes to form a task force of deaf leaders to deal with the educational needs of the deaf - because of the closing of the Austine School for the Deaf. note: what has become of that bill? 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