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    Paul & Tina Videos: What’s the Big Deal?

    By JenLeoraPosted on September 27, 2014November 26, 20224min read

    There’s a good chance you’ve seen this, the viral video in which a couple on a road trip record themselves using sign language to “sign-along” to the song, “You’re the One That I Want” from the movie…

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    Ah, Now I See: A Deaf Lesson in Hearing “Loss”

    By JenLeoraPosted on September 6, 2014November 4, 20224min read

    I feel like I really learned something recently. I’ve had hearing “loss” all of my life. This term was always funny to me since I was born with the same hearing ability (or lack thereof) that I…

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    10 Deaf Fitness Pitfalls

    By JenLeoraPosted on August 31, 2014November 4, 20223min read

    In the fitness world, there are some things only Deaf and hard of hearing people can appreciate. Are you on the fitness wagon? DVDs in your living room, Pickleball on Sundays, Zumba at the Y, Mud Runs…

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    Deaf at the Doctor

    By JenLeoraPosted on July 24, 2014November 4, 20225min read

    He’s flitting about like a gnat around the urgent care. Seemingly everywhere, the male nurse assisting us is apparently conversing with several others in different directions as I sit next to a particularly not-fabulous blood pressure/temperature station…

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    Music: Are Deaf People Listening?

    By JenLeoraPosted on June 29, 2014November 4, 20224min read

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    Can You Talk Without Your Hands?

    By JenLeoraPosted on May 10, 2014November 4, 20223min read

    We are Deaf and use American Sign Language in our house so communication should not be an issue. And yet it is. The reason? WE HAVE CHILDREN. Those of you with children already get my drift. Those of…

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    Deaf in the Drive-Thru

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    Drive-thrus are one of the least politically correct institutions, when you think about it. A purely sound driven procedure, the Squawk Box processional does not have a single visual cue until you reach the window to complete…

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