After four months of work, research, and design, a Palestinian engineer innovates a smart eyeglasses for people with hearing disabilities.
GAZA MINA, Palestine -- A Palestinian engineer Nadia Zahir al-Khatib, who inhabits the Gaza Strip, was able to design smart glasses that are smartly known as Peace Ear Glasses. It is a pair of glasses attached to a small device up to the size of a pocket, and it performs the task of people's voices and speech through the microphone attached to the glasses into written language that is displayed and reflected on the glasses lenses to be read and understood.
Engineer Al-Khatib has used artificial intelligence to produce smart glasses for the hearing impaired, which will enable them to understand the spoken language spoken by those around them, and thus end the suffering of not understanding the language in their surroundings with ease and ease, at a cost that may not exceed 50 dollars... Read more at MINA ArticleNews.
With CRISPR technology, Deaf people as well as their culture and language like some specific animals might no longer be on Earth. Then, they discussed about the contributions Deaf people gave to this world and what would they would do to prevent the extinction of Deaf people.On the surface, CRISPR sound like a promising medical solution to the problems surrounding hearing loss or total deafness.
Op-Doc: For a generation of people with cochlear implants, technology is transforming the experience of deafness.
NEW YORK CITY -- For more than a generation now, cochlear implants have, for some, been transforming the experience of deafness. In this week’s Op-Doc , “Between Sound and Silence ,” director Irene Taylor Brodsky delves into conversation with a cohort of Deaf people living that transformation.
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Herself the child of Deaf parents and the mother of a Deaf son, Brodsky delves into a complex realm where deafness and hearing, rather than absolute states, are territories of human experience to be bridged and explored.
Life Noggin, an animated and educational web show designed to teach you all about your awesome life and the brain that makes you able to live it! We answer questions about everything from inside the human body to deep outer space. Watch our latest uploads: https://youtube.com/watch.
Back when Bruce Willis was the biggest tough guy on the planet, he wasn't opposed to a little permanent bodily harm.
CRACKED posted the movie clip of John McClane from the Die Hard series - back when Bruce Willis was the biggest badass on the planet, he wasn't opposed to subjecting himself to physical and permanent bodily harm in the name of acting.
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Bruce Willis is partly deaf because of the film, he lost two-thirds of his hearing in his left ear during filming. He had to fire a gun loaded with extra loud blanks, but the absence of ear plugs along with the excruciatingly loud noise bouncing off into the actor's ear left him permanently damaged: Die Hard Made Bruce Willis Deaf.
CNN Heroes: Born Deaf, Live Determined - Theater is Therapy for Kids with Hearing Loss.
CULVER CITY, California -- Twenty years ago, Michelle Christie directed a stage performance. The actors were all students with hearing loss. As a teacher, Christie had been helping them learn to speak -- and listen. Theater, she realized, brought a noticeable improvement in their oral language skills and self-esteem.
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"When you have characters in costume and they're all with all their friends who had a hearing loss, they felt like they belonged," Christie said. "I remember just looking at the audience a lot and seeing parents just weep. They're just so happy to see that their child can do this."
The theater group was such a success that Christie was asked to continue the program and replicate it in other cities. So, in 1997, she founded No Limits Theater Group. She traveled the country, bringing together groups of children with hearing loss to rehearse and perform plays written specifically for them.
From place to place, Christie says she noticed a trend: Students who'd had more early intervention also had improved speech and reading ability. She found that low-income students were falling through the cracks because families couldn't afford the resources their children needed to succeed.
"It just didn't seem fair. I decided I wanted to start an educational center really helping families in poverty," she said.
Today, her No Limits organization has three education centers -- located in California and Las Vegas -- offering free support and enrichment programs to children with hearing loss. The organization works with about 600 children and their families each year.
No Limits has also produced 100 plays in 13 states. The group has reached more than 200,000 people nationwide.
"Many kids are enrolled in college or have already graduated from college. It's so exciting to see it, because now they are the future. ... I want them to dream big for their lives," Christie said. "We have kids who are pilots. We have scientists. We have lawyers. We have psychologists. There are so many successful people with hearing loss."
CNN's Allie Torgan spoke with Christie about her work. Below is an edited version of their conversation... HERE.
Deaf Sport News: Kevin Hall - PGA Tour’s First Deaf Golfer Prepares For Genesis Open in California.
LOS ANGELES -- CBS2: An extraordinary African-American golfer who is taking the course at the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club this week is beating the odds in more ways than one.
Kevin Hall cannot hear his iron hitting the golf ball because he lost his hearing at age 2 1/2. An avid golfer since the age of 9, he has never let his inability to hear get in the way of his golf game.
“Life steps on you sometimes, but life gives you strawberries,” Hall told CBS2 Monday.
“A lot of things in golf, you have to overcome the fear, overcome the obstacles, same thing in life.”
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The first Deaf player on the PGA Tour, Hall is this year’s recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption, an award given to one outstanding minority golfer. Sifford was the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour. He won the Genesis Open in 1969.
“It’s an honor,” Hall said. “Awesome. A lot of history on this course, Tiger and so many golfers.”
“He gave me a little tip how to drive that ball further, and after I hit that ball, he said ’Wow, I’ll see you on tour someday,’” Hall said. “I’m here!”
Hall’s mother Jackie is cheering him on every step of the way.
“I am in awe every time Kevin steps on the course,” Jackie Hall said. “I’m in awe of everything that Kevin does because he does not allow that hearing loss to stop him. He was raised and taught by his dad and I that the sky is the limit. The only limitations you have is what you put on yourself.”
Hall will tee it up against some of the best golfers in the world when the Genesis Open begins Thursday.
The researchers used a synthetic virus to nip in and correct the defect.
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"It's unprecedented, this is the first time we've seen this level of hearing restoration," said researcher Dr Jeffrey Holt, from Boston Children's Hospital.
Hair defect: About half of all forms of deafness are due to an error in the instructions for life - DNA.
In the experiments at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, the mice had a genetic disorder called Usher syndrome.
It means there are inaccurate instructions for building microscopic hairs inside the ear.
In healthy ears, sets of outer hair cells magnify sound waves and inner hair cells then convert sounds to electrical signals that go to the brain.
The hairs normally form these neat V-shaped rows.
But in Usher syndrome they become disorganised - severely affecting hearing.
The researchers developed a synthetic virus that was able to "infect" the ear with the correct instructions for building hair cells.
Experiments showed that once profoundly Deaf Mice could hear sounds down to 25 decibels - about the volume of a whisper.
Dr Gwenaelle Geleoc told the BBC: "We were extremely surprised to see such a level of rescue, and we're really pleased with what we have achieved."
There are about 100 different types of genetic defect that can cause hearing loss. A different therapy would be needed for each one.
Dr Holt told the BBC News website: "We've really gotten a good understanding of the basic science, of the biology of the inner ear, and now we're at the point of being able to translate that knowledge and apply it to human patients in the very near future."
One of the big questions will be whether the synthetic virus is safe.
It was based on adeno-associated virus, which has already been used in other forms of gene therapy.
The researchers also want to prove the effect is long-lasting - they know it works for at least six months.
There are also questions about the "window of opportunity". While the therapy worked in mice treated at birth, it failed when given just 10 days later.
Dr Ralph Holme, the director of research at Action on Hearing Loss, said: "This research is very encouraging.
"However, there is a concern that delivering this gene therapy at birth to babies with Usher may be too late as the ears are more developed in people than mice by birth.
"The technology may be better suited to treating more progressive forms of hearing loss."
The study found that the high levels of iron in the Irish drink can do wonders for our sense of hearing.
DUBLIN, Ireland -- A pint of Guinness a day can help prevent people from going Deaf, scientists believe.
The Black Stuff contains high levels of iron, which experts believe helps to ward off hearing loss.
Leafy green vegetables, brown rice and some types of meat are also thought to be of benefit, according to a major new study.
An examination of more than 300,000 people found a link between iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) and hearing loss.
Pennsylvania State University researchers found a lack of the mineral can cause sensorinerual hearing loss, or damage to the cochlea or nerve pathways.
Study author Kathleen Schieffer said: “An association exists between IDA in adults and hearing loss.
“The next steps are to better understand this correlation and whether promptly diagnosing and treating IDA may positively affect the overall health status of adults with hearing loss.”
A further analysis confirmed the increased odds of both forms of hearing loss among patients with IDA, the study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery found.
Iron deficiency anaemia is a condition where a lack of iron in the body leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cells.
It is believed to be very common, especially among women.
Guinness was famously marketed as a healthy pint in the 1920s under the slogan, ‘Guinness is good for you’.
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In England, post operative patients used to be given a pint because of its high iron content.
In addition, it may also work as a low dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin made the discovery earlier this year.
The Wisconsin scientists gave Guinness to dogs who had narrowed arteries.
They found the Guinness worked as well as aspirin in preventing clots forming.
The researchers told a convention of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida, that a pint of Guinness taken at meal time had the best impact.
It is believed antioxidant compounds in the drink, similar to those found in certain fruits and vegetables, are responsible for the health benefits because they slow down the deposit of harmful cholesterol on the artery walls.
Team of Deaf scientists probe hearing loss treatments in Oregon.
PORTLAND, Oregon -- WISN Milwaukee: When Peter Steyger learned to speak, he had to wear hearing aids. At 14 months, he was struck with meningitis. The powerful antibiotic that saved his life largely stripped him of hearing.
His mother, determined to keep him in the hearing community, worked with him an hour a day for four years as part of an intensive regime of speech therapy. Sometimes it took him 10 minutes to learn a single word. He didn't start to catch up to his peers until eight years later.
But today at 54, Steyger is a prominent auditory neuroscientist. At Oregon Health & Science University, he's part of a team of researchers who are studying the auditory system in hopes of helping others who can't hear.
The 10 faculty members in OHSU's Oregon Hearing Research Center are considered trailblazers among their peers.
"I look at their program as a very unique one in the world because of the breadth and the depth of their auditory science and the high quality of the science that's done there," said Jennifer Stone, an auditory neuroscientist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The center also stands out in another way: It has five professors with hearing loss. Few other auditory research departments have even one scientist with a hearing disability. None has as many as OHSU, experts say.
Their varied biomedical backgrounds allow them to study every aspect of the auditory system, and their personal experiences inform their research.
"They've all got pretty high profiles and are covering lots of different bases," said Jonathan Ashmore, a leading auditory neuroscientist based at University College London in Britain.
Their work has helped make the center, dating to 1967, one of the biggest nationwide. About a dozen other universities have hearing research centers with at least three faculty members. Only about five have 10 or more. OHSU's department of otolaryngology - an ear, nose and throat specialty - is No. 2 in funding from the National Institutes of Health, at $10 million a year, right behind Johns Hopkins University.
For the scientists, it's not been easy. Their hearing loss has complicated their lives. They struggled to follow their teachers and professors, keep up in graduate school and complete their post-doctoral training. They had difficulty taking notes. They suffered from a sense of isolation and found it tough to make friends.
But they found a home at the Oregon Hearing Research Center. They're not alone in their disability, and they have a personal motivation to succeed. Though their research might not cure their own hearing loss, they hope to help the hearing of future generations... Read The Full Story - WISN Milwaukee.
WATCH: Australian girl Jorja Hope's wildest dreams came true on Saturday night when she met her idol Taylor Swift.
SYDNEY - The 12-year-old, from Maitland in the Hunter region, lived out a fairy tale on the weekend after the local community came together to help her meet the pop music superstar.
It all started when Jorja found out she has a condition that causes progressive, inner-ear hearing loss and would one day go Deaf.
The first thing she said when she got the prognosis was: "I won't be able to hear Taylor Swift sing".
Her twin sister Chloe was upset by the news and wanted to do something special for her sister, so she launched the social media campaign #HelpJorjaMeetTaylorSwiftSydney.
Father's tattoo tribute to six-year-old daughter who has two cochlear implant to combat her profound deafness goes viral.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A father has tattooed an image of a cochlear implant on to his head in support of his daughter who has two of the devices fitted to combat her profound Deaf.
Alistair Campbell, from New Zealand, got the artwork done to show six-year-old daughter Charlotte that he supports her as she struggles with a condition that means she has profound hearing loss.
Charlotte had her first cochlear implant fitted aged just four on the left side of her head, and was due to have another fitted this week when Mr Campbell decided to get the tattoo done.
An image of him sitting next to his daughter with his inking and her implant visible has since gone viral online, where it has been shared tens of thousands of times.
Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, Mr Campbell said he got the tattoo 'out of love' for his daughter, and to show her he could take a bit of pain on her behalf.
He told the paper that he has no other tattoos, and will now let his hair grow back to cover this one... Read The Full Story.
Super Bowl 2014: Seahawk's Derrick Coleman first legally Deaf player in the NFL history.
SEATTLE, Washington -- The fullback says he used other people's doubts to motivate himself to succeed.
The most compelling stories today really has to be star player for the Seahawks this gentleman his name is Derrick Coleman he's made it to the pinnacle of his sport. Despite being legally Deaf.
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Here's ABC's Neal Karlinsky of the leader today news. Loaded in the NFL's Seattle Seahawks number forty will be the only player who sees the fans.
Fullback Derrick Coleman is the first legally Deaf offensive player in the NFL. And he wouldn't change a thing. Just who I am I'm not gonna let Dan Marino come here and tell me made me who I am today Coleman. Life story making in the unlikely star of this Duracell battery commercial that's gone by.
It couldn't be done. That I was a lost cause. The chilling and inspirational is no story it's Coleman's life. He gave up until early on his hearing aids were a problem they just didn't fit or work right inside his helmet until his mother had an idea. So a pair of pantyhose position and I kept them respect the hearing aid. I needed to help him.
Achieve his dream - He taught himself to lip-reading to get something he relies on during games if you weren't wearing your hearing aids and what what I sound like right now. I know you've talked it. But who basically all mobile from me he spends his free time visiting schools spreading the message that no one is perfect and no matter what the challenge.
Interview with the NFL's Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks.
SEATTLE, Washington -- A television commercial starring Seattle Seahawk’s fullback Derrick Coleman is the latest Internet sensation. Coleman is the only athlete in NFL history to play offense, despite the fact he is legally Deaf.
Now, he’s getting ready to break one more barrier - the Super Bowl.
When the Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers, no one will be paying better attention than Coleman. “I have to be aware,” he told CBS News’ Bill Whitaker. “I have to be focused more than everybody else.”
Diagnosed with profound hearing loss, Coleman relies on lip-reading and his own unique way of communicating with the quarterback.
"He knows to look at me if he makes an audible at the line of scrimmage,” said Coleman. “He knows just tell everybody and just turn back at me one more time and he'll tell me the play." It's the way he's always played the game.
When the world tells you "no", you have two options: You can roll over and quit or you can trust your power. Derrick Coleman, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, trusted the power within. Although he's Deaf, he never let adversity stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. Share to inspire others to trust their power within and achieve their dreams. #TrustYourPower.
He told Whitaker that he’s “capable of doing what everybody else can do,” despite his hearing loss. “You can't use your problem as an excuse,” he said. “Because you use an excuse, you're not going to get to your dream. “
He was taught that philosophy at an early age. To really know Coleman’s story you have to meet the parents, his mother, May Hamlin and father, Derrick Coleman, Sr. "You feel that uncertainty, that fear as a fear as a parent, you know, that, is my child going to be OK," said Coleman, Sr.. His mother told Whitaker that Coleman was “definitely teased, he was bullied” and kids would call him “four-ears."
“My mom always said people who make fun of you and are trying bring you down - they're already down. They're trying to bring you to their level,” said Coleman.
These days Coleman wears a skullcap to keep his hearing aids in place under his helmet, but as a kid, he had to improvise... Read The Full Story:
Prenatal testing prompts rise in abortions of Deaf babies. Hearing loss can be a curse if it's linked to a revelation as heart-breaking as this.
LONDON, United Kingdom -- According to a survey conducted by Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram hospital, a majority of would-be parents would opt for an abortion if knew they are going to have a hearing-impaired child.
The study was published in a recent issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics. The research-based study was conducted for four years - 2005 to 2009 - on at least 51 families with a history of congenital hearing loss.
"Around 93 per cent of the couples expressed high interest in prenatal diagnosis, while 73 per cent considered termination if the foetus was affected," Dr Ishwar C Verma, chairman, department of genetics, Sir Ganga Ram hospital, said.
The result in cases of hearing couples, in whom genetic anomalies were identified, was even more disheartening. "All of them opted for prenatal diagnosis. On testing, all the foetuses were found to be affected and the hearing parents elected to terminate the pregnancies," Dr Verma said.
In developing countries such as India, there is an increasing awareness and interest in prenatal testing because genetic disorders of all types, including hereditary deafness, which lead to significant social and economic burden on families due to poor support structure. During the study, doctors found that around 68 per cent would be parents opted for genetic testing.
Switch at Birth Episodes: Marlee Matlin - Not Hearing Loss, Deaf Gain.
‘Switched at Birth’: ABC Family’s The teen soap Switched at Birth explores self-expression and the communication gulf between the Hearing and Deaf communities. Melody gives an impassioned lecture about how it’s not about hearing loss, it’s about Deaf gain, of a language, a community, and a culture.
When Marlee Matlin walked away with an Academy Award for her heart-wrenching turn as a Deaf custodian in 1986’s romantic drama Children of a Lesser God, it seemed as though film had finally encountered a definitive depiction of a Deaf individual and the often tenuous relationship between the hearing and the Deaf worlds. Television has lagged behind; nearly 30 years later, most TV shows still typically shove Deaf characters into the background or use them as props as part of a hearing person’s story.
A deft and intelligent take on the way in which we form our identities through self-expression, whether that be street art, spoken/signed communication, texting, or open dialogue among family members and individuals, as well as the communication gulf between the hearing and Deaf/Hard of Hearing communities. It’s also a show that doesn’t pander to its presumed audience.
Semantics “Deaf and Hard of Hearing” are OK; “hearing-impaired” is not and ethical implications, as well as morality and choice, are discussed frankly and without preaching... Read More.
"The Doctors" Shines a spotlight on dogs for the Deaf, Oct 5th, 2012.
A Southern Oregon non-profit showed a national TV audience just how much it is making a difference in people's lives today. This as Central Point's Dogs for the Deaf was invited to be a special guest on NBC's syndicated show, "The Doctors."
NBC5's Laura Cavanaugh reports. The Rogue Valley's own Carrie Brooks took center stage in front of a national television audience Thursday on the set of NBC's "The Doctors." The certified dog trainer demonstrated how highly trained dogs, like Bonsai, help work sounds for those with hearing loss.
Brooks, along with Oscar-winning actress, Marlee Matlin, sang the praises of Southern Oregon's Dogs for the Deaf... Read The Full Story.
Marlee Matlin concerns about a possible stem cell cure for deafness.
LONDON, UK -- British researchers have been able to rebuild nerves in the ears of gerbils, and it is believed the same technique could one day be applicable to Deaf humans. However, Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, who has been Deaf since she was 18 months old, is worried about the implications of the development. Matlin has been tweeting her mixed feelings about the recently announced “stem cell cure” for deafness.
Matlin commented that millions of Deaf Americans who communicate in sign language do not regard deafness as a "handicap" or a "'disease' to cure." She posted these comments on Twitter: “Imagine how I must feel with my children with me at the grocery store and someone says "I heard there's a cure for your deafness!" Think.”
"Deafness cure" is trending. My concern is that it's bigger than a "trend." It involves people and not as simple as the 4 letters in "cure." According to The Telegraph, some Deaf people feel that they don’t need to be fixed by medical intervention. The National Association of the Deaf says that many profoundly Deaf people who sign consider themselves to be part of a unique linguistic group through sign language and a unique Deaf culture.
Matlin's comments reflect the views of many members of the Deaf community...Read More at Examiner.
Deaf gerbils 'hear again' after stem cell cure, Health and science reporter.
LONDON -- United Kingdom researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.
Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports.
Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. Fergus Walsh reports.
However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race... Read More at BBC News.
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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