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September 30, 2009

		Troy University gets grant to train interpreters for deaf 09/30/2009 05:01 (News Channel 19)
		TROY, Ala. (AP) — Troy University is getting financial help for its new program to train interpreters for the deaf. The Alabama Dual Party Relay Board announced Tuesday that it will provide $300,000 per year for five years to help finance the bachelor's degree program at Troy.

		Northeastern raises awareness on issues facing deaf community 09/29/2009 15:18 (The Daily Free Press)
		When a deaf friend comes over, Gallaudet University professor Josh Swiller said, don’t play Bob Dylan — he’s a mumbler. Swiller, who was born hard of hearing and went deaf at age four, presented to about 40 people Monday night at Northeastern University on his book “The Unheard: Memoirs of Deafness in Africa...

		[UPDATED] Purdue Gets $10 Million For Speech, Language and Hearing Research 09/29/2009 14:41 (Inside Indiana Business)
		Inside INdiana Business.com Report Our partners at WBAA in West Lafayette report Purdue graduate Marybeth Lyles Higuera says she wanted to give back after using her education in her professional and personal life.

		Tickets on sale for the annual Rochester School for the Deaf Adventures in Education program 09/29/2009 14:13 (MPNnow.com)
		Rochester, N.Y. — Tickets, patron, and underwriting opportunities are now available for the 17th annual Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD) Adventures in Education program, featuring Oceanographer David Gallo, Ph.

		Deaf actor is a first for Bowie theater group 09/29/2009 09:47 (Gazette.net)
		Company also will interpret performances for the hearing...

		AT&T Premieres Real Time IM Relay for Customers With Hearing and Speech Loss 09/29/2009 06:34 (Tec Trends)
		DALLAS, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For people with hearing and speech loss, communicating with callers who can speak and hear just went real time, thanks to AT&T* and AOL's AIM® instant messaging service.

		Access for all 09/29/2009 03:07 (Journal Gazette)
		New-gen gadgets assist the impaired, but many are...

		Researchers Explore Approach to Improve Deaf Education 09/29/2009 01:14 (Therapy Times)
		Article available online at: http://www.therapytimes.com/092909Speech In a unique approach to deaf education, two members of the education facult at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond are using technology common in logistics and supply chain management to improve instruction in sign language for...

		UA program helps deaf children hear 09/28/2009 20:02 (KVOA NBC-4)
		Three-year old Samantha Soto is profoundly deaf in her left ear and wears a cochlear implant on her right ear. She can hear, interpret and communicate because of therapy like the REACH program through the University of Arizona.

		All Dressed Up…With Someplace to Go! Technology and Accommodations to Get You “Out There” 09/28/2009 19:05 (Deafness Research Foundation)
		It’s Saturday night! What do you have planned? For the hearing, it would seem that entertainment possibilities are limitless, with new choices popping up every day.

		Deaf College Generates New Opportunities 09/27/2009 15:03 (Newswest9.com)
		By: Sarah Snyder NewsWest 9 HOWARD COUNTY - Anywhere else they would be a minority, but at one Howard College campus, they are right at home. This year, the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf (SWCID) is creating some brand new opportunities.

		OSU adds captioning for hearing-impaired 09/26/2009 07:27 (The Columbus Dispatch)
		Beginning with today's football game against Illinois, Ohio State will include captioning on its scoreboards and stadium televisions to help the hearing-impaired.

		Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf marks 140 years of educational milestones 09/26/2009 06:15 (Individual.com)
		Rosa Jugan wasn't surprised when her son Blaise brought home an 'A' on his first electronics test at a technical school because 13 years at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf prepared him for whatever the hearing world would throw at him

		Gallaudet long on football tradition 09/26/2009 04:18 (Rutland Herald (AP))
		College for deaf set to play...

		Riverside schools marks Deaf Awareness week 09/24/2009 01:00 (Press Enterprise (AP))
		As a person who can hear, public information coordinator Laurie Pietro enters the deaf culture when she enters the California School for the Deaf's Riverside campus.

		CETRA Language Solutions Turned a Recession Year Into New Opportunities 09/23/2009 16:35 (City Bizlist Philadelphia)
		Philadelphia, PA, September 23, 2009 - Jiri Stejskal is pleased to announce that CETRA Language Solutions has been recognized by Philadelphia 100® as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Philadelphia region for the second time in a row.

		Purple Communications Dream Bigger Initiative Honors Nation's First Born-Deaf Elected Politician, Kevin Nolan 09/23/2009 15:10 (American Electronics Association)
		Campaign Celebrates Stories, Culture, and Heritage and Accomplishments of America's Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community BURLINGTON, Mass.,, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celebrating the stories, culture and heritage of America's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community, Purple Communications(TM), Inc.

		Friendship through sign 09/23/2009 10:41 (The State Hornet)
		Sacramento State's American Sign Language Club is more than just watching hands dance through the air to communicate. Students in the club enjoy each others' company while laughing and speaking in ASL.

		Mid Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute to Ensure Effective Communication with Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing 09/23/2009 03:41 (TMCnet.com)
		Sep 23, 2009 (Health and Human Services Department Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Mid Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute to Ensure Effective Communication with Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing HHS' Office for Civil Rights and Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute Sign...

		2 of 3 Minnesota schools for deaf merge 09/22/2009 22:31 (StarTribune.com)
		The merger of Metro Deaf School and North Star Academy, two schools for the hearing-impaired, means more classrooms, more extracurricular options and more "community.

August 30, 2009

		Phone System Increased Independence for Deaf 08/27/2009 02:09 (The Washington Post)
		Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August 28, 2009 For the first 40 years of his life, Dr. James C. Marsters refused to be alienated by his deafness.

		Detroit musician spreads music to the deaf with music video company 08/25/2009 11:54 (Mlive.com)
		Sean Forbes was born into a family of musicians. According to Detroit Make it Here, a Web site powered by Crain's Detroit Business and Detroit Renaissance, Forbes' stepmother is a pianist, his brothers play saxophone and bass and his father and uncle lead the Detroit country rock band The Forbes Brothers.

		Hamill finds Ultimate success Deafness no impediment for RIT grad in Ultimate Fighting ring 08/25/2009 11:12 (The Daily News Online)
		Which seems harder? America's old national pastime, baseball, or it's fastest growing, ultimate fighting? The daily grind of a baseball season requires the mental discipline to play through the little aches and pains, and learning to balance the day-to-day schedule while focusing on a pennant race.

		Deaf school down to six students 08/24/2009 00:48 (ArgusLeader.com (AP))
		Enrollment was about 30 in January when Gov. Mike Rounds proposed closing the campus to save money. Federal stimulus money helped keep the doors open for at least another year.

		James Marsters, Deaf Inventor, Dies at 85 - Obituary (Obit) 08/22/2009 03:55 (The New York Times)
		Sign language, lip reading and speech training helped James Marsters get through college and dental school and made it possible for him to succeed as an orthodontist.

		Deaf students tackle gridiron dreams in Flint 08/21/2009 12:10 (Detroit News (AP))
		Flint -- Brandon Locke sprinted down field along a line of orange cones, cut sharply to his left, looked over his shoulder and squinted into the August sun.

		New Innovative Internet-Based Captioned Telephone Allows Those with Hearing Loss to "See What's Being Said" 08/20/2009 22:57 (PR Web)
		Easy-to-Use Technology to Be Featured at New Mexico Conference on Aging Offers "Life-Changing" Benefits to Those Who Have Difficulty Hearing on the Phone Captioning provides reassurance that you are truly understanding what the other person is saying For those who have been struggling with telephone convers...

		Viable Joins Snap!VRS Team 08/20/2009 03:40 (TMCnet.com)
		(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) New partnership leverages companies' strengths for enhanced customer experience. Rockville, MD (PRWEB) August 20, 2009 -- Viable Communications, Inc.

		Purple Communications Invites Greater San Ramon Community to Celebrate Ms. Ella Mae Lentz, Finalist in 'Dream Bigger' Initiative 08/19/2009 23:20 (PR Newswire)
		PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celebrating the stories, culture and heritage of America's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community, Purple Communications((TM)), Inc.

		Hamilton Relay Awarded Service Agreement for Relay New Mexico 08/19/2009 22:17 (PR Web)
		Through a competitive procurement process, Hamilton Telephone Company d/b/a Hamilton Telecommunications was chosen as the new provider for the New Mexico Telecommunications Relay Service. Hamilton began providing relay services within New Mexico on July 1, 2009.

		Language Services Associates Named to Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies in America for Second Consecutive Year 08/19/2009 18:32 (Sys-Con Belgium)
		Inc. magazine has ranked Language Services Associates (LSA) number 2236 on its third annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing privately held companies.

		New device lets deaf-blind people converse with anyone 08/19/2009 13:16 (Santa Barbara News (AP))
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		Answering the call 08/18/2009 00:31 (MyCentralJersey.com)
		Hearing loss is a disability Beverly Sudler has had to live with for the past 24 years. Her declining ability to hear has made her life more difficult everywhere she goes the supermarket, the post office, when visiting friends.

		Purple Communications(TM) Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 08/17/2009 00:54 (News Channel 25)
		NOVATO, Calif., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Purple Communications, Inc. , a leading provider of video and text relay services, and professional interpreting for deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

		Eyeing smaller, faster, smarter ear implants 08/16/2009 19:06 (USA Today)
		Six-year-old Serena Rush loves to belt out It's a Hard Knock Life, her favorite tune from the musical Annie, and someday she hopes to be a stage actress, when she's not being a lifeguard.

		Breaking down a sound barrier for the youngest patients 08/16/2009 01:37 (The Boston Globe)
		More children under 3 receive cochlear...

		Local teacher interprets president's message for deaf Sharing the stage with Obama 08/14/2009 10:03 (The Eagle Tribune)
		Staff Writer HAVERHILL— Being in the same room with the president of the United States is not something most people have the chance to do. Being in the same room while helping to relay his message to deaf people in the audience is even more unusual.

January 15th, 2009

		Book recommendations for learning sign language - by Diane Stacey - Helium 01/13/2009 19:16 (Helium)
		Sign language is another form of communication. It is a special language designed to help those with a limited capacity for hearing. In essence, studying sign is much like learning a foreign language.

		Videoconferencing links sign language interpreters with the hearing-impaired 01/12/2009 01:54 (Computerworld)
		Videoconferencing technology enables on-demand, round-the-clock interpreting services for the hearing-impaired.

		Device helps you “translate” Sign Language 01/07/2009 00:56 (Slash Gear)
		If you have deaf friends or friends in deaf-education majors, you’ve probably felt as I have, at times - totally lost as a flurry of hands whip through the air, making shapes and gestures you just don’t understand.

		'English-only' unconstitutional, will create problems 01/05/2009 19:03 (Tennessean.com)
		Tennessee Voices Davidson County voters will go to the polls Jan. 22 to decide whether English will be the only language that city business can be conducted in, including the provision of services citizens deal with in everyday life.

		Interpreters in demand in California 01/04/2009 15:20 (The Sun)
		If you are multilingual, know language well and are quick on your feet, there's at least one employer in the midst of the nation's rocketing job losses that wants you - the Judicial Council of California.

		OCC Sign Club Hosts Social Events 01/03/2009 02:27 (The Jackson Times)
		OCEAN COUNTY - The Sign Language Club from Ocean County College holds events each month for anyone who wishes to socialize using American Sign Language.

		Want to Learn Sign Language? Classes Starting Soon! 01/02/2009 05:50 (West Allis Now)
		The Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is now accepting registrations for upcoming American Sign Language (ASL) classes to be held at the Center, located at 10243 W.

		Church group helps Mexican school for deaf 01/01/2009 18:47 (Recordnet.com)
		There is hope amid Mexico's problems with poverty and crime. That's what 28 local teens, including myself, found last fall on a trip to Rancho Sordo Mundo, which is the only Christian school for the deaf in Mexico.

		Jon Wolfe Nelson readies for L Word's final sign-off 01/01/2009 07:16 (2 News)
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