Almost 25 years ago, I remember curling up in front of the TV in my pajamas and seeing the familiar “CC where available” logo appearing on the screen when a show or movie starts. With a press of a button, the closed captioning kicks in and I’m able to enjoy what’s playing on the screen. [...]
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Captioning OSN Campaign
As many people already know in the Middle East, TV programs are not captioned (subtitled). English or foreign language programs are usually captioned in Arabic, while the Arabic language programs aren’t at all. Which is why many deaf and hard-of-hearing people are unable to watch TV, unless they’re interested in the news which only has [...]
Deaf Geeks Where Are You?
I’ve done endless digging using various tools at my disposal querying for sites that contain information on Kuwaiti Sign Language and also deaf-related pages specific to Kuwait. I came across a few sites, now I don’t mean to sound mean or anything but the sites are in a terrible state. Unorganized, buried deep within the [...]
The Rat Race
The past few months have been quite hectic for me. I’ve been in a race against time and nature, just narrowly outpacing both. Lately, my hearing has dropped. My audiologist claims it’s still the same since 2005 and lays the blame on my current hearing aids. I’ve been wearing these abused aids well beyond their [...]
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Who Am I Hiding From?
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Do You Have An Accent?
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Speech Discrimination
- A Call for Help Gets Answered
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Man or Machine?
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Eman: Well , Rashed , u took me back to the very first f...
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Rebecca Seamon: I like to wear my hair up so people can see my CI....
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Rashed: This is the attitude people should adopt at an ear...
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Tina: I guess some people see deafness as something to h...
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