Archive for June, 2008

Carle breaks ground for ECHO Building (The Pantagraph)

URBANA — Carle Foundation Hospital broke ground on Wednesday for a $6.25 million facility dedicated to helping more children with hearing loss from throughout the Midwest.

AG Bell and deaf coalition conferences differ on cochlear implants (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Cedarburg - Eight-year-old Collin Mathias darts out of the house and heads for the basketball hoop, his younger...

Surf with Cerf (The New Straits Times)

Cerf is known for designing the TCP/IP, the Internet’s common language. The person they call the Father of the Internet is a jovial fellow who works in one of the coolest companies in the world.

Painted Germantown horses have stories to tell (Germantown News)

Twenty life-size painted horses have been stationed in position around Germantown, drawing attention to the fact that 2008 is the 60th anniversary of the Germantown Charity Horse Show.

Docs favour cochlear implants for hearing impaired children (Chennai Online)

Sreeparna Chakrabarty New Delhi, Jun 24 With cochlear implants proving effective for permanently hearing impaired, doctors are emphasising on the importance of carrying out the procedure on children so that they can adjust to the changed environment fast.

Nanobionics under the microscope at conference (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A conference featuring some of the world's leading scientists will begin at the University of Wollongong's Innovation campus this week.

Help my son hear again says mum (Gulf Daily News)

A DISTRAUGHT mother has appealed in desperation for help for her 14-year-old son, who has gone almost completely deaf. Nabeela Aziz needs more than BD25,000 for a cochlear implant to restore her son Hanook's hearing.

Deafness fear for girl facing deportation (Guardian Unlimited)

Toddler who received cochlear implants could be deported to the Gambia, where devices would become useless

Advocates for hard-of-hearing push for assistance (The Olympian)

More assistance for the hard-of-hearing is needed in South Sound to match that offered in Seattle and Tacoma, attendees at a forum in Lacey said Saturday.

Budget cutters should spend a day with a family with disabled kids (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Melissa Wasilevich is a married woman with three children who would like to invite Gov. Jim Gibbons to spend the day with her family from dawn until the last child falls asleep. "How can he make decisions that will so critically affect our family and not even know our needs?" she asked.