Neatorama » deaf http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:59:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hearing Herself for the First Time http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/30/hearing-herself-for-the-first-time/ http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/30/hearing-herself-for-the-first-time/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:02:19 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=53778
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YouTube member sloanchurman was born deaf. Now 29 years old, her husband recorded the moment her hearing implant is activated. She explained in the YouTube comments:

“I had an implant put in 8 weeks ago called The Esteem Implant by Envoy Medical. I was born deaf and have worn hearing aids from the age of 2, but hearing aids only help so much. I have gotten by this long in life by reading lips. This was taken as they were activating the implant.”

-via reddit

Previously: 8-Month Baby Hears for First Time

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Viewing movies in the movie theater is a problem for many deaf people as theaters just don’t offer that many subtitled screenings. Now however Sony is developing glasses that will provide subtitles to films within the glasses themselves.

Sony has been working on subtitle glasses that should allow deaf viewers to have their own personal subtitles without other viewers having to be distracted by them. While it seems like a pretty simple concept, the real trick is ensuring that the viewer doesn’t constantly have to switch focus from the glasses, to the screen, to the glasses, to the screen. These glasses manage to provide the subtitles in such a way that they appear to be projected on the screen, in the same field of view as the action of the movie.

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Helen Keller and her instructor Annie Sullivan explain how Keller learned to speak in this 1930 Vitaphone newsreel. -via the Presurfer

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Chinese media companies are now spreading warnings about the dangers of kissing. It seems it is pretty easy for any kiss to blow out an ear drum because pressure can be imbalanced between the two ears, which can lead to one of the drums breaking.

Link Photo via Bob.Fornal [Flickr]

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