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A simple thank you card lead to a TV show... Last year, I sent the Tommie Copper company a thank you card because their knee sleeve helped me to heal completely after knee surgery. That's how I ended up in their infomercial. It will be on various cable TV channels for the next six months. It...

Tell me, who are the Deaf/HH athletes you most admire and why?

Here's a new book for parents with deaf and hard of hearing children: The Parenting Journey, Raising Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Stem Cell Info Here's what I've gathered about the stem cell info: The New Stem Cell Research for Hearing Loss | A Deaf Mom Shares Her World

The good news-- we'll see more captions on the web, thanks to the new FCC rules! FCC Announces Internet Captioning Deadlines via NAD The not-so-good-news -- the rest of the web still has a long way to go with captions! But the solution is for more deaf and hard of hearing folks to request...

That's great news, especially in light of residental schools closing in other states.

I Twitter just about every day: Karen Putz (deafmom) on Twitter I find that it's a great networking site and I've found some interesting people to follow as well.

A group of us in Illinois got together to try and pass a bill for insurance companies to cover hearing aids for people of all ages. The insurance companies are trying hard not to get it to pass but we have a good chance of getting it passed if people support it. Even if you are not from...

Mom's Night Inn Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25 (an overnight retreat!) Lisle / Naperville Hilton 3003 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL Hilton Hotel Naperville Illinois - Chicago Area Hotel - Lisle, IL Hotels Event begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 24th and ends at...

I just visited her site and wow--I'm blown away by her writing. I'll be adding her book to my "must read" pile!

With ten hearing aids in the house, we use our dry 'n store pretty frequently. When my son's hearing aids go out after playing football, we are able to get them back up and working after using the dry 'n store. So I would say it's worth it.

I find this discussion to be an interesting one. The idea of parent choice isn't really there, because a lot boils down to where you live and what educational programs your school district belongs to. Thus, parents have no choice but to pick up and move and then like rockdrummer says, it...

There's still time! D-Pan is giving away a copy of their first volume of music videos with ASL. You have until midnight tonight to leave a comment and enter the D-Pan DVD Giveaway on A Deaf Mom Shares Her World: The D-Pan Giveaway...

This has been one of my frustrations that I've encountered over and over again-- professionals dishing out advice about communication methodologies with a bias or an agenda. I've run into parents time and time again, who are unsure what to do when they receive professional advice that might not...

My hubby was born profoundly deaf (105 db) and he can actually use the phone with certain people and speaks well. Some of it is luck, some of it is speech therapy, some of it is his ability to benefit from hearing aids and some of it is just that he had two involved parents and teachers who...

Hi All, Yes, that's me. I just finally got over here to Alldeaf. The comments and my regular work are keeping me hopping. First of all, each and every time that I use a drive thru, the first thing I communicate is that I can't use the speaker because I can't hear or that I'm deaf. I...

Good gosh-- I want to move to Florida! :)

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Sure! I discovered Hands & Voices (Hands & Voices) a few years ago when I was trying to put together a website for parents in IL. Hands & Voices is a parent-driven organization that is dedicated to providing non-biased support to parents with deaf and hard of hearing children. When we say...

Thanks for your nice feedback. Hands & Voices has a Guide By Your Side program that several states have adopted. You can read about it here: Hands & Voices :: Guide by your Side