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Tag Archives: hearing loss
What is Hearing Loss?
Hearing loss may be defined as not being able to hear as well as someone with normal hearing. Hard of hearing refers to having hearing loss that ranges from mild to severe. A person who is Deaf* may have profound … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue
Tagged auditory disabilities, deaf, hearing loss, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, REHABDATA
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – June 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What research is being done in employment, education, and technology to improve the lives of people who are Deaf … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged AAC, ABLEDATA, accessibility, American Sign Language, Answered Questions, ASL, assessment tools, AT, auditory disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, deaf, deaf-blind, education, employment, hard of hearing, hearing loss, Latino families, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR community, NIDILRR Research, RERC, sensory disabilities, technology, tele-practice, utility
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 4 to Friday, January 8
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Diagnostics: NPR program highlights over the telephone hearing test (The Hearing Review) A recent National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition program featured a hearing test that consumers can take over the phone to … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged accessible airplane bathrooms, adults with autism, air travelers with disabilities, Alzheimer's Disease, American Sign Language (ASL), Apple ResearchKit, Autism & Beyond, autism awareness, autism in girls, British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology, caregivers, Duke Medical Center, hearing loss, hearing test, National Hearing Test, negotiated rulemaking, Office of Naval Research, sarcasm in ASL, teens with autism, University of Manitoba, US Department of Transportation
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, October12 to Friday, October 16
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Entertainment: Autism coming-of-age documentary to debut on HBO (Disability Scoop) A film following a group of young women with autism spectrum disorders as they prepare for the social challenges of attending a dance … Continue reading
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Tagged amblyopia, autism spectrum disorder, dichoptic therapy for amblyopia, drone system for blind wayfinding, EarLens Contact Hearing Device, exoskeleton, Eyes Free Yoga, fitness technology for blind users, hearing aid, hearing loss, lazy eye, Livi medication dispenser, myosin 15, VI Fit video games for blind children
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 9
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Research: Theater training may boost skills in kids with autism (Disability Scoop) Children with autism can see big gains in socialization, communication, and other skills by learning to perform on stage, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged anxiety disorders, autism, children's upper limb prostheses, chronic fatigue syndrome, comfort animals, depression, hearing aids, hearing loss, ME/CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, Open Bionics, PTSD, robotic finger, theater training and autism, wearable biosensors, women army veterans
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Advocacy: Sports Illustrated honors walker with a cause (Disability Scoop) A week after 15-year-old Hunter Gandee walked to Ann Arbor while carrying his little brother with cerebral palsy, he walked onto the pages … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged ALS, anxiety disorders, Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, cerebral palsy, cochlear implants, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, Gael Hannan, glaucoma, hearing loss, lip-reading hearing aid, macular degeneration, muscular dystrophy, post stroke rehabilitation, progressive hearing loss, prosthetic leg with sensors, retinitis pigmentosa, sign language, soft robotic rehabilitation glove, spinal cord injury, Sports Illustrated, TBI, traumatic brain injury, Va-ST Smart Specs. augmented-reality eyeglasses
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 19 – Friday, May 23
Human Interest: How a brain treatment for OCD turned a man into a Johnny Cash fanatic (The Washington Post) “A case of musical preference for Johnny Cash following deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens,” published in the May issue … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged autism, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Combating Autism Act, combating autism reauthorization act, Country and Western singer Johnny Cash, DBS, deaf and hard of hearing, deep brain stimulation, exercise for people with disabilities, Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience, gait assessment technology, hearing impairment, hearing loss, job training, nucleus accumbens, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, Office of AIDS Research, sleep apnea, smartphone app, sound identification, TBI, Text to 911, traumatic brain injury
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 7 – Friday, April 11
Autism Awareness Month: Autism-vaccine concerns remain widespread (Disability Scoop) A new Harris Poll survey finds that 1 in 3 parents believe that vaccines can cause autism, despite the link being widely discredited by the scientific community. In the poll of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Weekly News Roundup
Tagged #LightItUpBlue, activity prompter, autism, autism and vaccination, autism awareness, autism awareness month, autism research, autism therapy, developmental disabilities, elderly, electrical stimulator therapy, employment and disabilities, Google Glass, Google Glass and Parkinson's disease, hearing loss, intellectual disabilities, medication prompter, Parkinson's Disease, seniors, seniors with hearing loss, sheltered workshops, spinal cord injury, state government, vaccines
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 24 – Friday, March 28
Human Interest: Boston bombing survivor dances again (United Press International) A professional dancer who lost the lower part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing about a year ago is the recipient of a prosthetic limb specially designed … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged alcohol addiction, Alzheimer's Disease, American Sign Language (ASL), Arthritis, autism, Boston Marathon bombing, brain stimulation, cerebral palsy, deaf, depression medication, drug addiction, eldercare, elementary school education, epilepsy, epilepsy treatment, fetal development, hearing aid usage, hearing aids, hearing impaired, hearing loss, hearing problems, leg amputation, monitoring system for seniors, nasal spray, pediatric walk aid, prosthetic for dancing, prosthetic knee, prosthetic limb, sign language, smart home, sports prosthesis, stroke rehabilitation
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Gallaudet University introduces a new MPA program
Gallaudet University, the only university in the world geared specifically toward the education of Deaf(*) and hard of hearing students, recently introduced a new Masters in Public Administration for Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing professionals working in the public … Continue reading
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Tagged deaf, education, Gallaudet, hearing loss, public administration
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 