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    Vco Devices?

    Do any of the VCO/VRS services still provide videophones that don't use a phone or computer, and don't need a tv? Like, they come with their own screen? If yes, when using VCO on them, can I still hear the other person talking? I mostly rely on the interpreting but I like to be able to hear...
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    Deaf kids in foster care?

    Hi all, I'm working on writing a story, and one of my characters is deaf. In the story she has recently been adopted, but before that she was in foster care. I was wondering how the foster care system is for deaf kids, and particularly I was wondering whether some deaf foster kids go away...
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    My deaf niece is feeling low - want to help cheer her up?

    Hi everybody. :wave: I have a favor to ask. (I hope this is okay.) My niece is the cutest little girl on the face of the planet. She’s 8 years old, and so smart and cute she really ought to be a cartoon instead of a human being. She wants to be a doctor when she grows up, and if life gives...
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    Had an OMG moment in ASL class tonight (Thanksgiving, CAPD)

    I had a -moment- tonight in ASL. It's sort of a two-parter. The first part happened when a man in my class, who has a progressive hearing loss, was talking about some of the things he's been experiencing. For instance, his wife, who knows he is hard of hearing, forgets and turns her back to...
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