Airline Travel: A Problem for People with Hearing Loss
Last week, I summarized one of my favorite “Twilight Zone” episodes. This week, I’m creating my own episode inspired by a personal experience:... Read More
Last week, I summarized one of my favorite “Twilight Zone” episodes. This week, I’m creating my own episode inspired by a personal experience:... Read More
Early one morning, I sat in my sophomore homeroom listening to a stern-faced nun giving bizarre orders: All students with brown eyes are not allowed to use the second floor staircase. If the students with brown eyes are caught using this staircase, they face detention. We teenagers laughed at this ridiculous order. After all, we need to use this staircase to get to class. But the nun assures us that it is no laughing matter.... Read More
Happy New Year everyone! My wish for 2006 is probably impossible, but here it is anyway: I wish that all public places provided Assistive Listening Systems (ALSs) or real-time captions wherever and whenever it is necessary to hear. Also, I wish that people with hearing losses and the people who hand out the ALSs knew enough about them to make them successful first time users.... Read More