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Did You Know How Deaf Smith County in Texas Come to Be?

Deaf Niche — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:06:18 +0000

What? There’s a county in the United States named after a deaf person? That’s the first thought most of us have upon finding out the existence of Deaf Smith County, Texas. Deaf Smith County is indeed named after a deaf soldier by the name of Erastus “Deaf” Smith-pronounced as “Dif” Smith! He was the first […]

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7 High Quality Superhero T-shirts In ASL Coming Soon!

Katie Dicus — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 04:41:34 +0000

Ever dream about wearing a superhero shirt but in your language? That’s what the creator of the Hero Shirts did. Now there are seven designs to choose from in ASL: Superman, Superboy, Wonder Woman, Batman, Spiderman, Captain America, and Hulk. The designs are developed to show off the hand signs for each hero’s name and […]

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Everything You Need To Know About America’s Got Talent’s Deaf Semi-Finalist

Deaf Niche — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:47:06 +0000

The America’s Got Talent Semi-Finalists for 2017 included 29-year-old singer and song writer Mandy Harvey, who is deaf and very talented. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and specializes in jazz and pop music. Born with hearing problems, Mandy Harvey started singing at a very young age. In high school, she was named the “Top […]

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“Mother of Music in ASL” Passed Away-Remembering Shirley Childress

Deaf Niche — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 01:25:09 +0000

March 6, 2017-Shirley Childress passed away at the age of 69. Childress is best known for being the first black certified ASL interpreter and as one of the members in the band Sweet Honey in The Rock. Over the course of her career, she interpreted for famous people such as Maya Angelou (writer of I Know […]

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The Top 5 Good Things That Happened For the Deaf In 2016

Deaf Niche — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:25:58 +0000

This has been quite a year of changes, some good and some bad. We’d like to kick off the New Year with a list of positive things that happened in 2016! For the first time in television history, a deaf celebrity won a dancing show America already loved Nyle DiMarco when he proved his modeling […]

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Real-Time Texting: FCC Announces New Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Jack Huang — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:57:38 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that starting December 2017 the TTY will be gone. Instead of the TTY, Real Time Texting (RTT) will be put in place. The FCC recognized that an overwhelming number of deaf and hard of hearing use cell phones to communicate with families and friends. With this recognition and […]

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