:: Deaf People in History: Day 4 – Dummy Hoy ::

April 8, 2007 in Deaf, Education, Hard of Hearing, History | Heritage, Sports

People – Dummy Hoy – Deaf Baseball Player

Stellar Deaf Player from Long Ago
From Jamie Berke,
Your Guide to Deafness
For years, the deaf community has been lobbying to get William “Dummy” Hoy into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Hoy, who was born hearing but lost his hearing as a young child, is one of the more historic [...]

:: Gary Bishop | USB-driven visual alert ::

April 8, 2007 in Communication, Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing, Technology

USB-driven visual alert

April 7th, 2007
In reference to my earlier post about the USB-driven visual alert for people who are hearing impaired.
Using the INSTEON api we can control any appliance plugged in to their receiver. I believe the receiver can be plugged in to any outlet in the house. On the computer, we’ll just need to [...]

:: Argus Leader Media | Murder cases stress public defender staff, budget ::

April 8, 2007 in Business, Deaf, Interpreter, News, Sign Language

Murder cases stress public defender staff, budget

Minnehaha County might need more money
By Jill Callison
jcalliso@argusleader.com
Published: April 8, 2007
Minnehaha County’s public defenders, coming off a year in which they had six murder and manslaughter cases at one time, could face a similar workload this year.
That has lawyers in the office worried about heavy workloads, strained budgets and [...]