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92Deaf in One Ear
I decided to make this hub, only because I can't find much on how a person feels when they only have one good ear. In my case I was born ( as far as we know) with complete deafness in my right ear. Which to me throughout my life it has been both a...
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86Listen to Music - It Can Save the Brain and Make It Grow
Educational and medical research agree with extensive findings of major universities and the Kennedy Center for the Arts. This research shows that music, the arts, and speaking to infants and young children - and even the brain damaged adult and older senior citizens - help the human brain to grow and advance.
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86Understanding And Improving Your Communication Skills: How To Become An Effective Speaker
If you are the shy type, you might be searching for methods on how to improve your communication skills. Communication is an important social skill everyone must learn. Being able to communicate effectively...
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86Social Security Programs and Deaf People Don't Mix
This general content is made without judgment or bias. These are my thoughts based on my life experiences. Some people including me may wonder how did the Social Security programs ever existed. I did some research and learned something about...
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8521 Basic Sign Language You Probably Already Know
Art of signed love. L O V E What are the odds that even though you may have never seen sign language, you actually know some? Quite a bit, actually! It happens all the time. We’re a world that loves words,...
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82What's Wrong With Cochlear Implants? Part 1
The cultural conflict that came with the introduction of cochlear implants for the hearing impaired was unforeseen. To this day, there is still a debate but with a sense of resignation. This is part one with my story. Part two discusses the actual conflict that I discovered later.
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85Curling: Shuffleboard On Ice
Curling is becoming more well known since the advent of the Internet and especially since the awesome 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games that First Nations hosted as equal partners with other national sponsors. They televised more of the sport of curling than before and we were able to learn about it from TV. It is like shuffleboard on ice with longer, smoother, gliding follow through. I love it!
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85Victor: the Wild Boy of Aveyron
“[The Savage] looks with compassion on poor civilized man -- no courage, no strength, incapable of providing himself with food and shelter: a degenerate, a moral cretin, a figure of fun in his blue coat,...
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81The Vibrating Pillow Alarm Clock for A More Gentle Start to the Day
Some of us don't wake up so easily. A vibrating alarm clock however can wake the heaviest sleepers, the hard of hearing, and the rest of us too, without distrubing others.
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83Cochlear Implant & Cell Phones
The issues of cochlear implants and phones are predominant. People with cochlear implants are enjoying the luxuries they never really had before - conversing on the phones. This article discusses the cochlear implant and cell phone solutions/compatibilities.
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