Joshua Ledbetter: Deaf Entrepreneur Encourages Everyone to Live Every Day Better
My name’s Joshua and I was born deaf with 100% hearing loss in both ears. I did not expect to have the life I am living today and I am...
Having a Laugh with D. J. Demers, The Hearing Aid Guy
D. J. Demers is a comedian who is known as “The Hearing Aid Guy.” D. J. appeared on America’s Got Talent in 2016 and twice on the Conan show. D. J....
My Ear: New Speech to Text App
A father and son team, Gerald and Brandon Isobe, teamed up to develop a new speech-to-text app called “My Ear.” Gerald was born deaf and grew up in Hawaii. Day after...
Eric Nooker: Soil Scientist
Eric Nooker wears two hats: he’s a Soil Scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and works with families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children as a Role Model...
Tim Stones, Ultra Distance Runner
Seeing the Rainbows through the Storms By Tim Stones It is the South African Students’ provincial Athletics Championships, and I am standing with a group of students from all over...
A New Model of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infusion
Towards a New Model for the Deaf Infusion of Leadership in EHDI Services By Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Ph. D. The following is a Synopsis of the Libby Harricks Memorial Oration number...
Jessica Stern: JUST GOOGLE IT
“Information helps you to see that you’re not alone. That there’s somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who’ve all longed and lost, who’ve all been...
Alyssa Pecorino: There’s No Place Like Camp
It’s the end of June. School has let out and it’s time to enjoy the summer. Mom and Dad are helping me pack my things for two weeks...
From Bystander to Believer: My journey as a Hearing Mother
I am a hearing wife of a Deaf man and a hearing mother of four children, three of whom are Deaf. I was born in a hearing family with all...
Karla Giese: My Life in Full Circle
For me, being deaf is a way of life. I was born hearing, and began losing my hearing as an infant. My parents couldn’t get a proper diagnosis until I was...
