Learn The Signs For Deaf Coronavirus Patients

Health workers study sign language to care for Deaf COVID-19 patients.

WUHAN, Xinhua, China -- What happens when Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan greets two Deaf Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients? Health workers study sign language during their spare time to provide better care for Deaf couple.

Mr Yu and Ms Zhao are two Deaf patients infected with COVID-19. They were sent to Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan on Feb. 18. In order to take care of them, health workers at the hospital study sign language during their spare time which enables them to communicate with the two patients. Both the patients receive proper treatment and are in stable condition now.

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Information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is spreading fast, but what do we actually know about the illness? Here's explained with captions.

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The Olleys' Doctor Said "She's Deaf"

WATCH [CC] - A hearing mother's shock after doctor said "She's Deaf!"

The Olleys on YouTube channel share a video about hearing loss. Jayde and Jax went to the pediatrician and a mother, Cristeen tell you what happened... Jayde is 3 years and Deaf, she is a character, actress and sassy but smart girl.

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Time the Olleys takes to learn the ASL Nook - A nook full of signs...words, pictures, and stories come to life with the magic of American Sign Language. Hope you enjoy part 1 of this vlog and part 2 is https://youtu.be/xMx9yjnf-QY

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Wrong Medications Kill Pregnant Deaf Persons

Wrong medications kill pregnant Deaf persons – GNAD Director.

The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has observed that the inability of doctors and nurses to understand and interpret sign language was leading to wrong prescriptions of medicines to Deaf persons.

The GNAD said the phenomenon was leading to many expectant mothers among Deaf persons losing their lives while others were disheartened and disappointed, given the unfair treatment meted out to Deaf persons visiting health centres across the country.

Mr James M. Sambian, Executive Director of the GNAD, made this known in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Monday to explain the challenges death persons encounter when accessing healthcare.

He said lack of sign language interpreters was resulting in inappropriate diagnosis because of communication barrier among Deaf patients and the hearing medical officers and the nurses.

Mr Sambian explained that the situation had resulted in the incidence of incorrect prescriptions consequently leading to preventable deaths.

The Executive Director noted that due to lack of understanding and interpretation of sign language, a medical officer in one of the health centres in the Ashanti Region sometime ago, prescribed wrong medicine to a pregnant Deaf woman which consequently killed her.

To break the communication barrier and getting an intermediary, many Deaf persons in most cases had to bear the entire cost of engaging a private sign language interpreter in order to access quality health... Read The Full Story.

Deaf Belgian Brothers Voluntarily Euthanized

Deaf twin brothers commit assisted suicide by doctors.

ANTWERP, Belgium -- Identical twins were killed by Belgian doctors last month in a unique mercy killing under Belgium's euthanasia laws.

The two men, 45, from the Antwerp region were both born Deaf and sought euthanasia after finding that they would also soon go blind.

The pair told doctors that they were unable to bear the thought of not being able to see each other again.

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Facing blindness, two Deaf twin brothers elected to commit assisted suicide in Belgium via lethal injection. This assisted suicide case is unusual - neither man was terminally ill nor suffering unbearable pain.

Is the choice conscionable? Is it any of our business? John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) and Hermela Aregawi (Producer, TYT on Current) discuss... Read more at Business Insiders.

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The Father of Cochlear Implant Dies at 89

The Father of Neurotology (Cochlear Implant) Dies at 89.

LOS ANGELES, California -- Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant. Dr. William F. House also developed a successful surgery for an ear disease that had prevented astronaut Alan Shepard from returning to space.

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Dr. William F. House, a dentist turned ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly Deaf, has died. He was 89.

House, who led the venerable House Ear Institute in Los Angeles during much of the 1980s, died Friday of metastatic melanoma at his home in Aurora, Oregon, said his daughter, Karen House.

An innovator who seemed to relish bucking convention, House was responsible for a number of major medical advances, helping to pioneer microsurgery techniques and a new approach to removing acoustic tumors. He also developed a successful surgery for an ear disease that had prevented astronaut Alan Shepard from returning to space.

But House was best known for his early and vigorous advocacy of the cochlear implant, an electronic device that stimulated the auditory nerve and helped the user recognize sounds.

He began to develop the device in the late 1950s after hearing of successful experiments by two European scientists. After publishing his initial results in 1961, he encountered heavy criticism from physicians who said the device was crude and could damage the ear. Representatives of the Deaf community also were opposed, arguing that Deaf people did not need to hear to be considered normal.

But House persevered and in 1984, 25 years after he first implanted a device in a patient, won crucial validation. That year the Food and Drug Administration approved the House cochlear implant for use in Deaf adults, calling it the first device to replace a human sense organ.

Today, more than 200,000 people around the world have cochlear implants, according to the FDA. Read The Full Story.

Dr. House is called "the Father of Neurotology" - the treatment of inner ear disorders. His surgical treatment for Meniere's disease enabled astronaut Alan Shepard to fly to the moon. His great achievement was the first cochlear implant, allowing the deaf to hear. "Dr. House ... has developed more new concepts in otology than almost any other single person in history..." [American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation 1995 Distinguished Award for Contributions in Clinical Otology]

Dr. House's book is The Struggles of a Medical Innovator - Cochlear Implants and Other Ear Surgeries.

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Amplification and Cochlear Implants Are Simply A Hoax!

Amplification and Cochlear Implants Are Simply A Hoax!

The amplification and cochlear implants are artificial and man-made. They are for awareness, not acquisition, of the world of sounds, and they are therefore as individualistic as playing piano, trombone or flute.

There is no guarantee to the benefit of them. To me as a native signer, amplification and cochlear implants are sumply a hoax, pumping hot balloons for many innocent people, figuratively speaking, into creating numerous unthinkable hostilities toward ASL, Deaf Education and, above all, the Deaf.

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