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Safety for the Deaf With Fire Alarm Light

July 31st, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

American citizens are well aware of the importance of fire alarms. You can find them in most homes today as well as in all public places. If they detect smoke, they blast out loud and clear, and everyone can hear… except someone who is deaf, that is. That’s why alarm fire lights have also been gaining in popularity. Here in the U.S. we value human life and believe that everyone has a right to feel safe wherever they are.

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Cell Phones For the Deaf - Data Only Cellular Plans

July 25th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

For deaf individuals or for those with significant hearing loss, cell phones can still be a great way of staying in touch. By selecting hearing aid compatible cell phones, those with a mild to moderate hearing loss can often make use of these handy communication devices especially when a neckloop, amplifier, or an induction coupler known as Hatis is added. For deaf individuals or those with a more severe hearing loss, the ability to use text messaging features is critical and the use of voice calling frustrating or useless. In such instances, paying for costly voice plans makes no sense when the individual can only make use of the data features.

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Hearing Impaired Rights

June 29th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Many people look at basic sign language as if it were not even a language at all however sign language can bridge the communication gap between those who can hear and those who cannot. There should be equal opportunities for both deaf and hearing people. Deaf people are weakened in our society by the effects of discrimination and exclusion. In order to achieve a greater sense of the deaf culture, hearing people need to recognize American Sign Language in its own right. The principle of empowerment of the deaf community by broadening the number of people with whom they can communicate, would lead to greater independence for the deaf community. Think about it something as simple as going out with your hearing friends for dinner and a movie can be quite difficult for a deaf person. How many local theatres offer aid to the deaf? How many times have you seen a movie in the theatre with closed captioning? How often have you seen wheelchair accessibility in the theatre? Chances are you have always seen wheelchair accessibility but never seen any deaf services offered. Our deaf communities are being discriminated against and a lot of people don’t even know it.

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