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Captioning 101 For The University Context

Realtime live captions support a broader range of attendees at university and college-hosted events like classes, sports events, guest lectures, theatre performances and student commencements at a more cost-effective price, according to UniversityBusiness.com. The problem with using ASL as a blanket solution for [deaf students] is that many hard-of-hearing students don’t know sign language. Now hearing-impaired

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Return To Lisbon For #WebSummit 2017

The annual Web Summit event – originating in Dublin, Ireland – gets dismissed by Ireland’s press but has grown into a respectable, mature conference attended by leaders, movers and shakers from the tech and other worlds. Dublin’s 2013 event was the first attended by Sound Advice, with 2014 bringing an attempt to redress the gender

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Closing Educational Gaps For Deaf Children

Demand for specialist teachers of speaking deaf children is so high that all graduates from the teaching program at California Lutheran University (CLU) were hired out of their course before summer 2017 began. Summer camps for verbal children with hearing issues to build peer support and address learning gaps are similarly growing in the US, with

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Five Questions: Jessica Chaikof, Sociology Student

” The reason most people assume that I know sign language is because people with cochlear implants and who use listening and spoken language are NOT well represented in the US media.” We talk with Jessica Chaikof, a junior majoring in sociology and a minor in chemistry at Wheaton College (MA), about life with cochlear implants. SA:

Five Questions: Olivia Williams, Psych/PR Student

Olivia Williams is reading Applied Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (US), and received her first cochlear implant at age 5, after losing her hearing when aged four. 1) Would you consider being deaf and a cochlear implant user part of your identity? Why, or why not? Yes, I do consider myself as a cochlear

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Bluetooth Stethoscopes For Doctors With Implants

Current teens with cochlear implants will like to read of Singapore-born Dr Joseph Heng and two female students, US-born Victoria Popov, with otolaryngology (ENT) in her sights, and UK-born Genevieve Khoury, in her second year of a medical degree. With clear surgical masks available for healthcare workers with hearing issues, and Bluetooth links going directly from stethoscopes

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Five Questions: Alanna Kilroy, Business Student

” I think the biggest obstacle is getting people to realize not all deaf people use ASL; a lot can actually speak, write well, and carry on long conversations in sometimes non-ideal settings.” We interviewed Alanna Kilroy, a business student at Boston University, who uses cochlear implants, is verbal and studied in the UK for

Celebrating #IWD2017 In Dublin, Ireland

Accenture Ireland hosted its 13th celebration of International Womens’ Day at Dublin’s Convention Centre with some fantastic female speakers from journalists to leaders in the public service, sports, tech, business, science and arts sectors. Female business leaders, music,a women's rugby legend,and science and art with #womenonwalls. Great morning so far at #IWDCCD pic.twitter.com/Kyp21hl8FO — Isabel

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Five Questions: Lisa Goldstein – Journalist

Lisa Goldstein is a journalist based in Pittsburgh, who happens to be deaf and verbal, with a cochlear implant. We interviewed her to discover what life is like when working her day job and running a family home with a hearing husband, two children and cat. SA: What bugs you most when people don’t understand your own

Insights From #DublinTechSummit 2017

Dublin Tech Summit (February 15 and 16, 2017) sought to showcase Ireland’s capital city as a hub for tech talent, innovation and operations, with the female CEO, Noelle O’Reilly, keen to see women in technology represented among the 10k+ attendees and 200+ speakers. Hands-on tech interactions and conversation opportunities in the exhibition hall and coffee areas perfectly complemented the

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