Why Do People Assume Everyone With Hearing Loss Can Sign?
We would love you to make videos to reach a hearing loss audience, the media rep suggested. “Sure, that sounds good,” I replied, “assuming the videos would be captioned, of course.” She replied, “But wouldn’t you just sign in them?” By Shari Eberts I stopped dead in...
Deafblind Awareness Week 22 – 28 June
Deafblindness Week is held from 22 June in honour of leading humanitarian Helen Keller’s birthday. Announcement from Deafblind Australia: “We are delighted to share an important milestone for the global Deafblind community. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has...
CMV Month in June
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading preventable cause of hearing loss in newborns, yet awareness remains low. To support early intervention and prevention, we’ve released new fact sheets based on expert insights from our 2024 Virtual National Deafness...
