Captions are cool!
Wall Street Journal recently reported on a May survey of 1200 Americans who use captioning for videos. The results are surprising to some. WSJ: “In a May survey of about 1,200 Americans, 70% of adult Gen Z respondents (ages 18 to 25) and 53% of millennial respondents (up to age 41) said they watch content…
Susan and Sam
A personal tragedy led Susan to be all-in for kids like Sam. A July 28 Gala celebrates Susan and cheers for #ShiningStar Sam’s progress. The Gala delivers critical funding to our 501c3 programs for deafness, hearing loss, and speech disorders. Tickets and sponsorships to support Susan and Sam and our mission for #CommunicationEquity, #Inclusion, and…
Board member, Jack Wyant, is recognized with Life Achievement Award
Congratulations to our board member, Jack Wyant. Jack will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cincinnati Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth on Wednesday, June 22. Previous Lifetime Honorees have included luminaries such as James Anderson, John Barrett, Bob Castellini, Richard Farmer, Candace Kendall, AG Lafley, Glen Mayfield, John Pepper, Ted Robinson, George…
Enroll children birth to age 5 in Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library
Click here to enroll your children birth to age 5 in Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library. Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine first fell in love with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library when she saw its impact on some very special little ones: her grandchildren. Ohio First Lady, Fran DeWine, reading to young children. “I was visiting my…
Football champs
ESPN’s Sports Center produced this terrific clip about the California School for the Deaf, Riverside football Cubs. They may not have won the state’s high school football title but Cubs football won the hearts of millions with their pride, determination, and grit. By any measure, CSDR football enjoyed a historic season, reaching the state title…
3 studies link hearing loss with less physical activity among older adults
The information below can be found on the NIH website here. Do your parents have a baseline hearing test? Multiple studies link hearing loss to less physical activity in older adults. A baseline hearing test can be vital to seniors long-term health. Check out this report from the National Institute of Health. Older adults with…
SVP Cincinnati selects Hearing Speech + Deaf Center for Project XLR8
Social Venture Partners Cincinnati for selecting Hearing Speech + Deaf Center among the 12 #GreatCincinnati #Nonprofits participating in Project XLR8. A deaf-friendly #Cincinnati with our Communication Access Bank will advance communication equity and inclusion and boost our TriState area into the top-tier of deaf-friendly cities in the US. Economic and social benefits that accompany ranking…
Are you a CODA, or Deaf?
Are you a CODA – a child of deaf adults – or Deaf? Will you share your thought abut the newly released film in an email to swesselkamper@hearingspeechdeaf.org? Click the link in our bio to see a video of a group of CODAs and their families reflecting on a special screening of the Sundance Film…
Will you be an ally for communication equity?
The award-winning movie CODA is showing at the Mariemont Theater. CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) features deaf actors and received “rave reviews” at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021. Director Sian Heder crafted a crowd-pleasing tearjerker whose commercial promise sparked a bidding war between theatrical distributors and deep-pocketed streamers. The movie was released in…
Camp Sign Say day campers visited Greenacres Farm, Milford
Camp Sign Say is a week-long day camp for our patients with communication disorders or deafness which has been around since 2010. In-person activities returned this year after the virtual activities that took place in 2020. A favorite destination of many of the campers was Greenacres Farm in Milford. Greenacres hosts miniature therapy horses our…