Florida Atlantic University: Engineers Bring Sign Language to ‘Life’ Using AI. “… researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University have developed an innovative real-time ASL interpretation system. Combining the object detection power of YOLOv11 with MediaPipe’s precise hand tracking, the system can accurately recognize ASL alphabet […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/florida-atlantic-university-engineers-bring-sign-language-to-life-using-ai/

Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT/NTID announces launch of InterpNET resource database. “Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf announces the launch of InterpNET, a resource database for educators and students in interpreter education programs, deafness-related organizations, and anyone interested in expanding their knowledge. Information is […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/rochester-institute-of-technology-rit-ntid-announces-launch-of-interpnet-resource-database/

https://www.europesays.com/1943530/ Report shows alarming measles resurgence in Europe and US #Antibodies #autism #blindness #brain #children #deafness #disability #europe #healthcare #hospital #hygiene #ImmuneSystem #InfectiousDiseases #Measles #medicine #Meningitis #MMR #Mumps #pathogen #Pneumonia #polio #PublicHealth #research #Respiratory #Rubella #Vaccine #virus

DJ Magazine: Disabled Ravers Network seeks submissions for disabled, neurodivergent and Deaf artists for new database. “Disabled Ravers Network (DRN) is seeking submissions from disabled, neurodivergent and Deaf artists for a new database. The first-of-its-kind database will shine a light on disabled talent from Manchester and the North of England in a bid to ‘make the rave accessible.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/dj-magazine-disabled-ravers-network-seeks-submissions-for-disabled-neurodivergent-and-deaf-artists-for-new-database/

https://scarletdropsofink.blogspot.com/2025/01/entry-level-jobs-for-deaf-and-hard-of.html

#Barclays bank paying mystery shoppers to pretend to be suffering from some level of #Deafness or #Blindness does exactly what to help improve their services for people who genuinely have these conditions?

Do they just pat themselves on the back when they get a report from a mystery shopping putting on a disability that all is well at that branch in terms of equality of access to services???

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/05/barclays-mystery-shoppers-banks-pretend-blind-deaf

https://scarletdropsofink.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-long-does-it-take-hearing-babies-to.html

The Deaf Girl by Abigail Heringer

An inspiring story of hearing loss and hope.

Growing up deaf and introverted, she dreaded being the center of attention, fearing her disability would burden those around her. Among her hearing peers, she felt like an outsider, simply labeled as "the deaf girl." And after receiving a cochlear implant at the age of two, she subsequently struggled to find her place in the Deaf community too.

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#memoir
#deafness
#HearingLoss

Why does society want to frame deafness as a medical abnormality rather than a sensory difference?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/11/cochlear-question-parent-deaf-baby-should-i-give-implant-to-help-her-hear

Halloween in Swedish sign language

Sensory-substitution based sound perception using a spinal computer–brain interface https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-75779-2 #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience #deaf #deafness

Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound

Apple announced a trio of major new hearing health features for the #AirPods Pro 2 in September, including clinical-grade hearing aid functionality, a hearing test, and more robust hearing protection.

All three will roll out next week with the release of iOS 18.1, and they could mark a watershed moment for hearing health awareness.

#Apple is about to instantly turn the world’s most popular earbuds into an over-the-counter #HearingAid.

#hearingloss #audiology #audiogram #deaf #deafness
https://www.theverge.com/24275178/apple-airpods-pro-hearing-aid-test-protection-preview

Please spread the word about this awesome sounding program for Undergrads doing auditory research, with support for attending the ARO conference and summer funds for research ! https://aro.org/aro-scholars-program/

#MenieresDisease #HearingLoss #ASL #Deafness #TeachingASL

I'm planning ahead, hopefully I will not lose my hearing altogether, but if i should, I want to be prepared. So...American Sign Language...

If you have any experience with it, esp learning it as a hearing person, is online learning or in person learning the better method?

With the omnibus version of his critically-acclaimed hit dystopian series A Quiet Apocalypse officially out tomorrow, Dave Jeffery reflects on how the acclaimed stories that centre the Deaf community came to be.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/telling-the-right-story-at-the-right-time-a-surprise-hit-becomes-a-series-then-an-omnibus/

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 could forever change how people access hearing aids

‘Apple is bringing a ‘clinical grade’ hearing aid feature to its second-gen AirPods, allowing new and existing owners to get help for hearing loss’

18 months ago, I wrote an article about how you can already do this, and I’m keen to see what improvements they will have made.

(My article is linked to in the first comment, below)

#Apple #AirPods #HearingLoss #deafness

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24241960/apple-airpods-pro-2-otc-hearing-aid-health-industry