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| Causes of acquired
deafness, a short outline about the different ways
people are deafened, including percentages. Sloping audiograms: For people with sloping audiograms (it may have been called sensorineural, sensory-neural, nerve deafness etc.) what you hear can continue to sound as loud as ever but make less and less sense. Deafened Adults, the People Who Fall Between the Cracks, (first presented at the Deaf Centre of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB, 1992) The Association of Late-Deafened Adults: rationale, highlights, history. invited chapter in The Deaf American monograph. Garretson, M. (Ed.) Silver Spring MD: National Association of the Deaf (1996) All roads lead to ALDA. 1991 ALDA Reader U.S. Federal Register excerpt, 21-April-1997 (obviously I didnt write this one) For the future deafened music-lover. (web exclusive, 14 July 1997) with links to other articles on this topic Ergonomics
and the use environment of automatic speech recognition
systems for deaf and hard-of-hearing users. Paper
presented to the Lovejoy Symposium on ASR and deaf/hard
of hearing people. Rehabilitation for Deafened Adults: A puzzle with missing pieces. Link to this MSW thesis (not mine) for insight into rehab needs and the shortcomings of the existing rehab system. |
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| My
submission on the Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Basics and bargains: My keynote presentation to Canadian Association of the Deaf Job Strategies workshop, Toronto, December 1999. I used remote real-time reporting to survive my PhD research (excerpted and revised from my dissertation Method chapter) The duality of communication as a barrier to communication between people who hear and people who dont. Sure, its a ponderous title, but thats what I called it. Presented to the Fourth Rochester Conference on Human Rights and Responsibilities. The cure, the 1993 ALDA Reader. Chicago: Association of Late-Deafened Adults Yes we have no implants, article, CICI Contact (magazine), Summer 1993, Cochlear Implant Club International Print interpreting for deafened adults, in the 1992 ALDA Reader Closed captioning; exclusively on the web The real issue of health care interpreting: Informed consent; revised from my 1993 contribution to Silent News A disenfranchised Canadian complains about ALDA's region system and governance structure |
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Personal experiences and anecdotes |
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| I heard a song
today, oh boy. 1991 ALDA Reader Selling me short. 1993 ALDA Reader; pondering peddlers. My family signs boring, article, ALDA News (bimonthly publication of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults), Chicago IL Sign language works like a charm, from ALDA News Thus spake Ruby: a baby learns sign language (exclusively on the webfor now) |
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We are not alone |
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| Observations gleaned from elsewhere: State must pay for deaf nurses
nights out Deaf people sue for access to movies (Associated Press, 3 Feb 2000) |
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| Contacting me Last revised: July 27, 2002. |