December 31, 2002

Rivier student develops kit for using ASL in class


McDonald's World Children's Day™ Raises Estimated $15 - $20 Million in 24 Hours for Children in Need


Calls lead to impersonation charges


Bill Would Help Disabled Kids


Math gets revamping at Clarke


Preston teen enjoying new twist in 'Oliver!'


December 30, 2002

What's "THIS" all about?


Sign-language teacher expands universe of hearing, too


Witnesses can text police with help


Library links people in hearing, deaf worlds


Police Impersonator Behind Bars


Man's best friend lends an ear


I can't watch LOTR!


Deaf man teaches sign language in deaf-friendly library


Police investigate link between armed robbery and drowning


NAJA offers graduate scholarships


CID gets $10000 from St. Louis Variety Club


December 29, 2002

Suicidal man looked before leaping


Sign language, the art of communication


St. Augustine school teaches industrial arts to deaf, blind


Uneasy times in Somerville


Family tries to understand slaying that took a mother of two


Woman loses her hearing, but not sight of her goals


Whisper of hope in toddler's world of silence


CONSUMER ALERT


From newcomers to old hands


New federal courthouse comes with high-tech gadgets


December 28, 2002

A stylist who knows sign language


Sharing silence - Two deaf teenagers work together to obtain jobs, success in school


Nature camp that gave disabled children joy and hope


Mother's Plea To Missing Daughter


Suspect in LaPorte shooting death arraigned


Soundless snowboarding


St. Augustine Catholic priest is suspended


Salvadoran gang said to span the nation


Neighbor says the 4-year-old saw who strangled her mother


Tough year ends happily for educators in London and region


December 27, 2002

LEARNING TO HEAR AGAIN


The gift of hearing


Movie Access Update from WGBH - Dec 27 - Jan 2nd


Lord of the Rings II: (UK Subtitles)


LALate/NYLate Best of NYE Awards Announced


KDE AND KCDHH JOIN FORCES


Award-Winning Deaf Actors to Appear at DCARA 40th Gala in San Francisco


Crofton avoids federal case over a fence


"Do You Hear What I Hear?": A Christmas Miracle


Bullied Because She Is Deaf


Murder Probe Over Teenager


Prosthetic Ear Plus New Technology Restores Hearing


Medical Stories That Brought Tears in 2002


Pregnant woman is strangled


December 26, 2002

Mother Of Two Found Strangled To Death


Man fatally shot while delivering Christmas gift


Newborn Hearing Loss Could Become Long-Term


Three area football players named to ANG's first team


KCS pre-schoolers learn sign language


Officer promotes understanding between police, hearing impaired


Deaf students accepted at St. Patrick's Seminary


Eh, what's that? Baby boomers reluctant to don hearing aids


Crockett knows sister ’ s difficulties


December 25, 2002

Leechburg girl wins card-design contest


Deafness aside, he reached the sky


December 24, 2002

Cougars set for BCL


Carolling sans words at Starbucks outlets


THE WILL TO LIVE


Girl Braved Flames to Save Mother


This 'River' is surging forward


Kansas Settles Lawsuit Over Death Of Deaf Boy


New Cochlear Implant Method Is Easy, Fast, Safe


THE BEST PRESENT ISOBELLE HAS EVER RECEIVED


This Santa listens - in seven languages


December 23, 2002

NTID Instructor Becomes First Female Deaf Referee in NCAA Division I


Not just Idol talk


Technology provides lifestyle enhancing options


Central Institute for the Deaf moves clinic


State to pay $375000 to parents of student killed by train


TV: Pax at its best with 'FB.Eye'


Club Donates Materials to Deaf School


Ear surgery ends Israeli bomb victim's limbo


December 22, 2002

New Year's Eve Party in Phoenix, AZ


8th Arizona Deaf Basketball Classic


FREE Police Bust Card from ACLU


Update: Pinchas vs. Jordan, Ammons, Lovett - IVth Deaf History International


Handicap can't stop Annapolis lawyer


Homeless for the holidays


Eighth-graders tackle on-campus housework


Group wants Gov. Locke to fire Deaf School chief


Slaying charge tossed


R. Orin Cornett Dies; Invented Cued Speech


December 21, 2002

A Family Mourns


Update on GLAD


DEAF DISCO PARTY TONIGHT


TOYS THEATER Starts 2003 in Style by Performing in Morganton, North Carolina on Saturday, January 11th (7:00 PM)


Holiday songs and signs


Girl's status critical


Hamerdinger named director of deaf services office


Deaf advocacy group wants school chief fired


Speechless party offers loud lesson


Concerns for missing deaf woman


Daughter Saves Deaf Mother From Fire


Medicaid budget knife cuts circumcisions


Graham prepares to 'hit the ground running' at AIDB


December 20, 2002

TV Closed Captioning Requirements Increase January 1


Deaf ministry brings Bible and fellowship to hearing impaired


Deaf School Interpretor Convicted


Deaf boy clears man in slaying


ENGLAND DREAMS FOR CLINT


7-Year-Old Burned Saving Deaf Mother from Frederick Fire


Pair alert neighbours to fire


Ex-Interpreter Sentenced To Six Months


Iowa Deaf posts strong road win in girls basketball


Hero declared in apartment fire


Christmas wishes come true for under-priviledged children


SOUNDS OF SILENCE


Deaf toddler hears first sounds


Your child and hearing loss


Group demands that head of deaf school be ousted


New hearing test for South Coast newborns


Police board OKs new conduct rules for cops


December 19, 2002

Learning words without the pleasure of hearing them rhyme


Movie Access Update from WGBH- Dec. 20-24


Pine Ridge pounds Austine


Austine moves to 3-4 with win


Researchers breaking the sound barrier


1/11 D.E.A.F. Media Salon @YBCA


2002 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL-METRO TEAM COACH OF THE YEAR


Researchers see how brain hears sound


Couple faces 151 counts of animal abuse, neglect


Flats plan for college building


Local Ref Makes The Big Time


Culberson, Thrasher make best of admirable talents


Ex-Deaf School Interpreter On Trial


AT&T Relay Services announces a trial of Video Relay Service


VBrick Announces StreamPlayer


Study looks at teaching brain to hear again


Audiologist spearheads screenings at JTDMH


Leery broadcaster stymies Net text system


December 18, 2002

Lord of the Rings II


J. Deaf Stud. Deaf Educ. Table of Contents for 1 January 2003; Vol. 8, No. 1


Vic Government looks north for local Games agency


Educate disabled children, parents advised


Seattle Father And Son's New Alphabet Discovery Helps Parents, Kids And Teachers Communicate Better Worldwide


India offered Stillman clemency on condition he leaves country


Aman Computers acquires M-Insight for NIS 1m


Crusaders get first volleyball victory


Holiday crime wave hits Bay Area


Change of course


Culberson top player, Thrasher top coach on All-Metro team


Silent appreciation: Students give sign of approval at play


Better passenger information for disabled people


Digital hearing aid technology


VITAC using student's design for card


December 17, 2002

Movie Access Update from WGBH- Dec. 18-19


Mr. Kevin battles the odds


Culture of Cruelty


Port Angeles: New testing program at hospital benefits newborns


Dedication to equal access for the hearing impaired rewarded


Santa Visits Rochester School for the Deaf


See the Word!


Researchers explain how we detect the location of sound


December 16, 2002

PHARMACISTS SUE OVER MEDICAID RULES


SMS keeps the deaf in touch


The game according to Hoy


Transtympanic Electrocochleography Detects Endolymphatic Hydrops In Meniere's Disease


Teens grasp sign language


Teacher gives students a sign


December 15, 2002

Lashley : Fund on way for disabled


AIDB names new president


UND BASKETBALL: Rivalry grabs CBS' attention


Hearing-challenged group celebrates season


Grant lets NTID share expertise


Reservists get the call: They'll ship out soon


The long arm of terrorism


GROWING UP TOO FAST


Girl's plight falls on helpful ears


Update: Pinchas vs. Jordan, Ammons, Lovett - NAD Law Center, Deaf Lawyer Brick


Church service real time reporting - captioning


December 14, 2002

plans for disabled


Disabled man jailed in India on 'absurd' drugs charges returns after two years


Eight charter high schools OK'd to open in 2003, 2004


Board interviews 3 AIDB president candidates


Prickett appointed new ISD superintendent


ISD escapes with double-overtime win


Sign the list


Boy, family reunited


Cutting program for deaf reflects political choices


Six-member team for Asia Pacific deaf badminton meet


Vision Chip, The


December 13, 2002

WRAD International Beach Party- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil- Dec 21 and Dec 28, 2002


WRAD TRIP TO SCANDINAVIA- July 2003


Medi-Cal policies waste millions each year, state audit concludes


UC Berkeley Art Museum- 2 Interpreted tours


Reminder: 12/14 "In Conversation with Guy Wonder" at YBCA


Girl's road to college degree paved with paw prints


London-style cabs get green light


Selected Items from Mid-Year Spending Reduction Proposals


Update: Pinchas vs. Jordan, Ammons, Lovett - Anarchy Inside the CISS


NTID AWARDED $1 MILLION TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR DEAF


UT graduation part of veteran's 'remarkable experience'


Austin Stories


Former foster mother guilty in child-shaking case


Panel finishes work on how to streamline government in Va.


Cemetery worker reunites deaf woman with lost dog


MINNESOTA EDUCATION: 8 new charter schools to open


A sheltered life


India releases British disabled charity worker


A real feel for the game


A chance to shine


Playgrounds are for angels


Budget issues occupy Jeff School Board


Released British charity worker returns to Britain


Pickens, Anderson schools win Palmetto awards


Greenville lawyer given Order of Palmetto


Sonus Selects emailROI


December 12, 2002

Movie Access Update- Dec. 13 to 19


Students adapt to lack of hearing


Albuquerque Man Enters Plea In Murder Case


Dec 12th UK Subtitled Listings below, but first...


Language of Learning


New ISD superintendent may be chosen Saturday


Baseball diamond being installed on grounds


Townshend 'going deaf'


Disabled Youths Stage Sports Day


Port Orange recognizes residents who take action


Dspfactory's Toccata Plus brings even greater listening clarity to hearing aids


Gallery Players offer '34th Street' in ASL


All Signs Point To A Degree LGA Offers BA In Sign Language Interpretation


December 11, 2002

A sweet Christmas story on 'Sue Thomas: FB Eye'


Former Alden man killed at Ames rail crossing


Victory Life gains sweep over Oklahoma School of the Deaf


Deaf woman seeks lost dog


Deaf baby programme's first anniversary


More than 60 employers open booths to would-be workers


Unlined chimney blamed for fatal fire


PANTO BEAR TELLS BROWN: HE'S BEHIND YOU


Headseat aids deaf students


Cinema changes for deaf and blind


School breaks down barriers


Recruiters seek date with diversity at NTID job fair


Hearing things


New hearing implant software allows deaf to enjoy music


Hear on Earth center gives El Pasoans gift of sound


THE 'FEEL' OF CHRISTMAS


December 10, 2002

Be aware what MCI has been, and will be, doing to your bill


Embedded text-to-speech system


Teen shot at home


Ames Man Rides Bike Into Train, Dies


WRAD HOLIDAY PARTY- SADDLERANCH CHOPHOUSE- West Hollywood on SUNSET BLVD... Friday December 13, 2002


Season's Greetings from Sprint for Nation's Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing


ISD's principal included among superintendent hopefuls


Parents of deaf child want board to hear, see their view


Excerpts from editorials in Florida newspapers


State, NTID to run job fair


HRI baby hearing tests in success


E-mail from an expat


Two hearing aids often better than using 1


Y tops at turning research into inventions


December 9, 2002

Rep. Phillips' bill would expand definition of person with disability


This dog is a hear-oh


India frees deaf charity worker over health fears


Crystal Palace premiere to benefit Aspen's deaf camp


Farmhouse fire kills deaf, partially blind victim


Deaf Cartographer Garners DoD Rocognition


Govt pardons deaf social worker Ian Stillman


Upgrade brings Mozart and Chinese to the deaf


Film Council funds scheme to improve cinema access for sensory impaired


December 8, 2002

Superintendent of deaf school receives honor


High school wreslting


UK charity worker freed from Indian jail to return home


CHAD opens a new ‘ world ’ to hearing impaired


We don't get deals, say deaf mobile phone users


CRTC Ponders Payphone Price Increase


December 7, 2002

Hearing aids appeal


Commissioner receives ear implant


Deafness only one hurdle mom aims to overcome


Sophia Smith in 'quiet feud'


Man sentenced to 23 years in slaying


'Silent Night' one night only


Singapore Poly hopes artificial reef project will bring back marine life


Campaigners praised over Briton's release


'I quit London to fight for my dad in India'


Jailed charity worker freed


Showing signs of imagination


Deaf charity worker released from Indian jail


Bill provides help for disabled in accessing telecommunications


December 6, 2002

Deaf Drama "No Room" To Be Held At Colonnade


Gallaudet Joins Club


Hull OKs most of budget package


Running to his own beat


WVSD girls open play today


Hearing impaired could benefit from new police dispatch system


Deaf students' class action faces shutdown


Project helps deaf and blind filmgoers


Deaf Hoosiers rally, win


Bus driver hearing


Dodge calls student 'a great camper'


4-year-old deaf student left alone on school bus


December 5, 2002

Disabled access: train firm may be sued


Women's basketball


STAYING IN TOUCH


Spartans survive scare vs. Gallaudet


Disabled artists show their talent


Austine opens with win


Santa Claus To Host Live Webcast Featuring Captioned Video For Disabled At TVWorldwide.com & Christmas.com


Hearing-impaired Ft. Bend teen shot at home


New Therapy For Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss


Teen shot through window of his Ft. Bend Co. home


Authorities: Targeted Shooting Injures Deaf Teen


Working house for deaf to close


Teacher and aid leave deaf child locked in school bus


December 4, 2002

Plan for deaf retirement community in city hits more financial snags


Four-Legged Friends Help The Hearing Impaired


Hearing-impaired sisters teaching sign language to their classmates


A World of Whispers


President McAleese receives honorary degree


Immersed in a world of sound: Bothell school takes unusual approach with hard-of-hearing kids


Prison all ears when it came to Rachael's case


Hoffman gets 30 months for embezzling


Mainstream Education Possible For Children With Congenital Deafness Who Undergo Early Cochlear Implantation


Hearing is Believing


Parents should watch for signs of hearing problems


December 3, 2002

HEATHER NEWMAN: Center works on ways to restore senses


Family Tells How Israelis Buried Deaf Father Alive


HIV/AIDS video for the deaf launched


Isabell made history while fast asleep


'Blind, deaf father blown up inside house'


Easing the Pain for the Disabled


Education by Hand - Auslan


December 2, 2002

InSound Medical Receives FDA Clearance to Market the World's First Extended-Wear Hearing Device


Listen up: UT researchers seek dissatisfied hearing aid users


Man to face court on assault charges


Students raise $3000 for dog guides for the deaf


Deaf-blind find support


December 1, 2002

Crash that nobody heard brings community together


Hunter spends three hours upside down


Rugged outdoors pulls Pennsylvania native to Alaska, but artistic talents make him a success where he lives


Classical stars rail at musical 'illiteracy'


Phone gear available for the deaf


The death of Knife Lake Pete marks end of an era


Tiny town, big hearts


Free hearing tests for newborn babies