Okay. I am back.
Now, I did some more testing on the closed captioned movie trailers on Utube.
Apparently those saying “closed captioned” are not always closed captioned on U Tube.
However, if you want to see something on U Tube that might be captioned, you CAN check to see if it is or not. You open the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
More Movie Trailers Are Now Showing With Closed Captions
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, DHH movies, captioning for DHH people, hard of hearing, hearing loss on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New Thoughts About Used Hearing Aids
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, hard of hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My audiologist/hearing aid dealer told me once that I could buy an used hearing aid and he would look it over, and adjust it to my needs, if necessary. He knows I know hearing aids.
I have seen hearing aids for sale on Ebay and some of them were excellent deals.
The trick is to know what [...]
Studying Now For DHH Certificate
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am happy to report that my textbooks and DVD arrived at my house. So I will be spending the next several weeks studying for the certificate.
And after that, I will finish up my book proposal.
Along the way I will provide you with DHH statistics.
Stay tuned.
Television Transitions For DHH People
Posted in DHH movies, captioning for DHH people, hard of hearing, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am doing a quick post here today, for ALL DHH people about the TV stations switching over to digital service in June 2009.
There is a wonderful DHH website specifically for that. Please click on this: http://dtv.c-s-d.org/
You have a choice of: captioning, ASL, text reading and it has video too.
Read, and then inform other DHH [...]
Hearing Aids And The Economy
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, disabilities, hard of hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, networking for DHH people, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has come to my attention that many people are wanting hearing aids, but can’t afford them in this dismal economy.
However, many places do provide them for free or for very low cost.
One place is Lions Clubs International. They are very active in collecting used hearing aids and distributing them to clients who really need [...]
For DHH Working Professionals
Posted in Other subjects, hard of hearing, hearing loss, networking for DHH people, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have it going really good for us, with the technology that’s now available to us. Not to mention email, which I can’t live without. It replaces faxes, voice phone calls and phone message machines.
Now I want to talk about how you stay in contact with other DHH/hearing professionals, especially in this dismal economy.
It is [...]
Thank You For All Your DHH Comments
Posted in understanding DHH people on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, it’s already February!
I have received many interesting comments from DHH people over the last several days. It has given me ideas what to put in my planned book.
Someone finally notified me that the glitches for the hearing loss support program now is resolved, and so I will start studying for that shortly. When I [...]
