Continuing the Fight for Accessibility After Covid
Continuing the Fight for Accessibility After the Pandemic The International Day of People with Disabilities is on December 3rd, and each year there is a specified theme. This year’s theme is “Fighting for rights in a post-COVID era.” It’s time to think about what enduring the pandemic...
Raising Deaf Children
Raising Deaf Children The majority (more than 90%) of d/Deaf children are born to hearing parents. Naturally, it comes as quite a shock, and soon the realization sets in that not only do those parents need to be a parent but an advocate. They need to...
Deaf Awareness Month
Deaf Awareness Month It’s deaf awareness month, which is a bit of an inadequate terminology for what we hope to accomplish. The world is aware of deaf people; we’ve seen the movies, probably even gone to elementary school with someone who was deaf, and seen sign...
Lip Reading and the Importance of Captioning
Lip Reading and the Importance of Captioning The number one rule of communicating with individuals who have hearing loss: don’t make assumptions. Just as no two people have the exact same preferences in food or music, the people you meet have preferences in how they’d like...
Bias in Automatic Speech Recognition
Bias in Automatic Speech Recognition Technology has come a long way, making automatic captioning available on many video conferencing software, social platforms, and tech devices. But many users are aware of the pitfalls, including transcription delays and inaccuracies. Automatic captioning works via automatic speech recognition systems and...
Effects of Hearing Loss on Mental Health
Effects of Hearing Loss on Mental Health Hearing loss isn’t just a debilitating physical condition that affects your ability to hear sounds. It can take a toll on your emotional and mental well-being, causing you to self-isolate and retreat from the world. Researchers have found a link...
Children and Hearing Loss
Children and Hearing Loss While hearing loss is typically associated with age-related decline, many newborns and adolescents experience it from birth or due to illness and excessive noise exposure. In fact, hearing loss is the number one birth defect in the U.S. Most children in the U.S....
Tips for Creating an Inclusive Workspace
Tips for Creating an Inclusive Workspace Whether your company is large or small, recruiting a diverse workforce and enacting policies that promote equity and inclusion should be a top priority of human resources. This includes welcoming people who are deaf and hard of hearing, especially considering many...
9 Tips to Prevent Hearing Loss & Preserve Your Hearing
9 Tips to Prevent Hearing Loss & Preserve Your Hearing Although hearing is one of the five human senses, it’s easy to take for granted. Hearing loss often goes undiagnosed or ignored due to more pressing health issues until it interferes with daily life. But just as...
Inequalities of Women With Hearing Loss
Inequalities of Women With Hearing Loss Did you know Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, Jodie Foster, and Holly Hunter all have hearing loss? Berry, a domestic violence victim, suffered hearing loss after a former boyfriend struck her in the head. Goldberg, who wears hearing aids, attributes her...
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