Category: Captioning

Self Advocacy: CapTel Phone

Sit back, relax and pretend for a minute that you’ve lost most of your hearing. Now imagine that you have to participate in a telephone interview for a job you desperately need and want. Imagine struggling to understand the interviewer’s garbled, distant voice. Within minutes you realize that all is lost – not because you aren’t highly qualified, but because you can’t hear the interviewer.... Read More

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categories Captioning, Hearing Loss Issues | admin | datetime June 5, 2009 7:43 am | comments Comments (0)

Self-Advocacy: Movie Captioning

On Friday evenings after work, a group of us would get together to see a movie. Not wanting to be a party-pooper, I’d often attend these movies even though I couldn’t hear the dialog.  But believe me, it is BORING to sit through a movie for 2 hours and not know what’s going on.... Read More

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categories ALDs, Captioning, Hearing Loss Issues | admin | datetime June 3, 2009 12:02 pm | comments Comments (0)

Captions: Vital to People with Hearing Loss

During hot summer Saturday nights, my dad packed me and my pajama-clad brothers and sisters into our station wagon and headed for the Drive-In Movies. I remember two things about the Drive-In Movies: First we had a glorious time, and second, patrons got angry when the movie lost its sound. They immediately honked their horns until the technician got the sound back.... Read More

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categories Captioning, Hearing Loss Issues | admin | datetime 11:25 am | comments Comments (0)