:: Baby talk | Big Bear Grizzly ::

April 4, 2007 in Baby Sign, Community, Culture, Education, Health, Sign Language

Baby talk

By BRIAN CHARLES
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
David Walding, left and Wyatt Porter, might not look like they are having a conversation, but these two know baby sign language. They two toddlers play and talk with their hands. (BRIAN CHARLES/Big Bear Grizzly)
Marilyn Vecchio is a pot of gold to mothers in the Valley. The Mothers on [...]

:: Misplaced cochlear implants raise meningitis risk – Yahoo! News ::

April 4, 2007 in Cochlear Implant, Community, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Health, News, World

Misplaced cochlear implants raise meningitis risk – Yahoo! News
By Martha Kerr
17 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from a study conducted in rats suggest that cochlear implants, which are used to treat severe hearing loss, can cause meningitis — inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain — if they are not placed properly during [...]

:: Kalalau’s Korner | Bad (or Discharged) Notes from My Writing ::

April 4, 2007 in ASL, Culture, Health, History | Heritage, Sign Language

Bad (or Discharged) Notes from My Writing

Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The great variety of parameters in American Sign Language (ASL) can by their very nature not be satisfactorily described on paper; the parts of the signs being learned must be examined at as early a stage as possible. Not only are ASL users to be found [...]