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10 Cool Things About The Blockbuster “A Quiet Place”

Deaf Niche — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:42:19 +0000

The horror movie A Quiet Place is already a major success at the theaters and became the second top box office hit this year after Black Panther! The addition of a deaf character adds another layer of horror and makes effective use of American Sign Language as a plot/coping device, making A Quiet Place one of this year’s […]

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Virgin Active Says Sorry For Deaf Model’s Photoshop Gaffe

Katie Dicus — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:07:45 +0000

Virgin Active, one of Sir Richard Branson’s companies, ran a campaign to advertise the health club chain and hired a South African deaf model. That model is former Miss Deaf South Africa 2012: Simone Botha Welgemoed. Virgin Active’s graphic department edited the photos to remove her cochlear implant with the final results showing no indication […]

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Deaf Boy Wins a Spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2016

Deaf Niche — Mon, 30 May 2016 07:57:31 +0000

Neil Maes from South Carolina just won a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee A young boy from South Carolina just won the National Spelling Bee, beating out many other children vying for spots in the Scripps competition. That boy is Neil Maes. Maes, a fifth grader, was born deaf. He has cochlear implants […]

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