Mishka Zena

Deaf Bilingual Coalition began as a humble group with John Egbert and a handful of Deaf Leaders last July to discuss about promotion of ASL. The idea was sparked by Amy Cohen Efron’s Greatest Irony where hearing babies are encouraged to learn sign language to communicate while their vocal cords are immature, but deaf babies [...]

Originally posted on August 7th, 2007
 
AGB In Bed with Cochlear Implant Companies

AGB is a non-profit organization to which parents turn for ‘unbiased’ information and advice. How can it be unbiased if it’s sponsored by commercial corporations invested in making millions of dollars and so far hasn’t shown reliable data for its products?  I find it [...]

What remains hidden are the Deaf people who were implanted with C.I. as children, teens, and adults in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
 
Back then, doctors and oral educators were convinced that once these people who have never understood spoken language received cochlear implants, they would be able to hear, after appropriate aural training.  At that time, [...]

Long before the movie made its appearance tonight, controversies broke out in the forums and blogs, with the c.i. camp heavily advocating the cochlear implants and the ASL camp decrying the use of the cochlear implants. In attempts to tear down the other camp while promoting their propaganda, both camps used misconceptions. Between these two camps, the [...]

Jeff Daniels And Marlee Matlin Star In Sweet Nothing In My Ear  
Laura and Dan Miller (Matlin, Daniels) have been happily married, as well as best friends, for many years, but their relationship begins to change when their only son, Adam (Noah Valencia), loses his hearing at the age of four.  Laura, who is deaf [...]

Andy in C Minor    A deaf teen, who was thought only to be missing since 2006, is discovered to have been murdered when his blood is found in a storage room at the high school for the deaf he attended. http://tv.yahoo.com/cold-case/show/andy-in-c-minor/episode/165458
Review: Thumbs down.
In brief, the acting and linguistic skills of the Deaf Students are good. [...]

FDA seeks $2.2 million fine against Advanced Bionics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it wants to fine Bionics LLC, a maker of cochlear implant hearing aids, $2.2 million for alleged manufacturing violations that put patients at risk.
The FDA accused Advanced Bionics of failing to follow manufacturing standards to ensure the safety [...]

In response to that ignorant sportwriter who said about the basketball player “He’s had about 75 percent hearing loss since birth but uses implants that allow him to be functional.”   http://www.deafread.com/go/40779
Marlee Matlin
Bernard Bragg
Linda Bove
Deanne Bray
Shoshhannah Stern
Michelle Banks
C.J. Jones
Phyllis Frelich
Terrylene
Lou Ferrigno
Thomas Edison
Granville Redmond
Regina Hughes
Louis Frisino
Douglas Tilden
Robert Davila
Robert Weitchrecht
Beethoven
Jane Dillehay
Michael Moore
Caroline Solomon
Carolyn Stern
Steve Rattner
Andrew Foster
Dummy Hoy
Shelley Beattie
Curtis [...]

Isn’t Marlee a Deaf by Choice? Cochlear Implant?
Since Marlee has some hearing, wouldn’t she still be a fine candidate for a Cochlear implant? 
I don’t know very much about deaf culture, so maybe someone can shed a light why some people who CAN HEAR with Cochlear implant would not go ahead and get it? 
I hear almost [...]

From Tory: 
Five years ago I was caught off guard when I underwent CI surgery and woke up with horrible vertigo, it was so severe that I had to stay overnight at the hospital.  The next day my vertigo subsided somewhat and I finally got out of bed to the bathroom but I discovered I had completely [...]