Hearing Impairment

Grandparents of students who attend Hickory Elementary School are invited to Grandparents Day. Grandparents are invited to visit the school Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m.   Spring band concert Fifth-graders at Hickory Elementary...

Trey Wilson can't hear the crowd applaud when he scores a goal, and he has scored quite a few since he discovered hockey was a perfect outlet for his energy. The 25-year-old left wing from Riverside was born deaf, which means he can't hear the crunch of...

Twenty years ago, when I was deep into my working mother juggling act, I would curse my generation's timing. For the women who come after us, I thought, it would surely be easier. Corporate America would no doubt stop being shocked — shocked!...

Fisher Garver is just like one of the three million other children under 18 who are living with some form of hearing loss. Doctors are now working to identify and treat hearing loss in infants. There are a number of risk factors which could put a child'...

Due to the deaths of two Williamsport High School students, the Williamsport Blue Band Boosters have canceled their annual Yard Sale Extravaganza, which was to be held Saturday.  The boosters appreciate the community’s continued support of...

If you own a business, you want the buzz to be positive. But are you taking into account the feedback of your disabled customers? "Most businesses look at the disabled as a liability rather than as a customer base," says Patrick Hughes, president of...

Switched at Birth: “Uprising” airs Monday, March 4, at 8pm ET on ABC Family. For those worried about the prospect of watching an hour of television entirely in sign language — that means no voices or ambient noise — Switched at...

Sheryl Scherr, the registrar at Orange County's Blankner School, has been named the district's Support Person of the Year for 2013. Scherr, who has worked at Blankner for 16 years, serves as the school's homeless liaison and works closely with students...

A program at Allentown Symphony Hall that gives children from inner-city Allentown Schools free instruction in music will conclude its first year with a free concert at the venue. Allentown Symphony Hall The children of El Sistema Lehigh Valley will......

Orangewood Christian junior Madison Taylor has been selected to the United States women’s deaf soccer team, which will take part in the World Deaf Games in Turkey this summer. Taylor wears no hearing aid and is profoundly deaf in her left ear. She...

Paying tribute: A statue of the late Steve Jobs has been unveiled in a technology park in Budapest, Hungary. (Los Angeles Times) Genius: Experts say Ludwig van Beethoven's gradual deafness may have influenced his music. (BBC News) They're in the......

The phenomenon of UCLA running back Derrick Coleman Jr. goes far beyond remarkable ball handling....