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…
A new communication card will help deaf and hard-of-hearing Ohioans communicate with law enforcement
Governor Mike DeWine announced the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Traffic Safety Office (OTSO), Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), and statewide law enforcement partners have developed a new communication card to help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing exchange information with law enforcement. The new communication card can help individuals who are…
Universal live captioning coming from Apple
TechCrunch is reporting about new accessibility features coming from Apple later this year. Live captioning is among the most widely applicable new feature. With it, captions of spoken content from videos, podcasts, FaceTime, and other calls will appear in a speaker-specific scrolling transcript above the video windows. See the TechCrunch story here for more details….
El Deafo begins streaming January 7
Apple TV+ is streaming a new three-part animated series for kids and families called “El Deafo,” based on the autobiographical best-selling graphic memoir of Cece Bell. The story tells Bell’s experiences learning to cope with being hard of hearing. El Deafo follows young Cece as she loses her hearing but finds her inner superhero. Going…
Communication equity and inclusion
The ‘Dinner Table Syndrome’ phenomenon leaves deaf people out of the discourse. In a world of remote work, the problem is getting even worse. In November 2021, Hearing Speech + Deaf Center made a competitive pitch for grant funding for a Deaf Access Fund to give our deaf neighbors access to free sign language interpreting…
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…