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    The sad news about popular japanese deaf,Mariko Takamura

    We just heard about the sad news, Mariko is died in Los Angeles. The cause of her death is unknown. It is being investigated in LA hospital. Some said that she was with her friends around and it was believed to have anything with them. If some of you live in Los Angeles, you can ask or go to...
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    The Pros and Cons of Buying Hearing Aids Online

    Before the advent of the Internet created the ability to buy hearing aids online, if you were looking to obtain digital hearing aids for yourself or for a loved one, your options were limited. Historically, you would most likely purchase your hearing aids from someone local: a licensed...
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    Deafness no longer a secret

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Keeping silent about something that affects every aspect of your life isn't easy, but for Maria Cardenas, it felt like the right thing to do. "My deafness was kept kind of like a secret," Cardenas said. "It was my business and nobody else's business." Then, University...
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    Our deaf culture is threatened by cochlear implants?

    ATHOL, Idaho (AP) -- When preschooler Kimberly Hunt was diagnosed as profoundly deaf two years ago, her mother made a choice that seemed like the only one: cochlear implants. The first of two $45,000 electronic sound-transmitting devices was sewn into Kimberly's skull last summer. Within...
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    Implants help child emerge from silent world

    ATHOL, Idaho (AP) -- When preschooler Kimberly Hunt was diagnosed as profoundly deaf two years ago, her mother made a choice that seemed like the only one: cochlear implants. The first of two $45,000 electronic sound-transmitting devices was sewn into Kimberly's skull last summer. Within...
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    Gallaudet Board Chief Steps Down!!

    Celia May Baldwin, the interim head of the Gallaudet University board of trustees, has resigned from the board because of the stress of an emotional presidential search process that has sparked angry protests and "numerous aggressive threats" to her in recent weeks, according to a memo sent to...
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    Who Should Lead Gallaudet U.?

    Faculty Of College For Deaf Votes 'No Confidence' In New President WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2006 (AP) The newly chosen president of Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf, received a no-confidence vote from the faculty Monday in a dispute that she said...
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    More students join Gallaudet protests

    Students joining Gallaudet protests Look at what the protests are forming... 'Deaf enough' debate piques curiosity of some at NTID Greg Livadas Staff writer (May 6, 2006) — Rochester-area students are joining other deaf students in Washington, D.C., who are protesting this week's...
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    What Board of Trustees respond to the protesters!

    »»Gallaudet Board of Trustees to Protesters: You are full of it posted by Don Whiteside at 1:25 PM on May 05, 2006 Interim board chair Celia May Baldwin has sent out an email to the Gallaudet community as a whole that disputes the protester claims of a biased selection and concludes by...
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    Deafwiki.org exists thanks to the founder of DeafWiki.

    :welcome: to Deafwiki.org. Deafwiki.org is a collaborative project to produce a free-content encyclopedia of deaf and hard hearing people. Anybody including you can edit, revise or change articles if reasonable. Articles are being added daily. Wiki, the tool, we use for Deafwiki.org, is...
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    Deaf auction website exists?

    I wonder if there are auction websites for the deaf? Someone can find that? Thanks
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