Blogging about a Blog

The nature of the blog is that it is an online journal of sorts. From time to time, it is fine to journal about someone else’s journal. Last week, another blogger blogged about an article I wrote for Hearing Loss Magazine. The blog entry written by Shane Feldman can be found here.
Several people have [...]

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What where they thinking…

Long story short… a teenager boy in NY has not been allowed to bring his hearing assistance dog into school. Many may have heard the story, or seen it on CNN or some other show. Here’s one link: http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_008053726.html
This should have been a “no-brainer” for the school system officials. They should know they have no legal standing, at [...]

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There they go… again

Last month at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) meeting, a democratic commissioner and a republican commissioner both quoted President Ronald Reagan. Given that this is in vogue, I decided to pull a quote myself “There they go again.”
I received a press release a couple of weeks ago announcing that Communications Services for the Deaf [...]

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Why IP Captioned Telephone is Such a Big Deal

First of all, relay services are a big deal from a money perspective. 200 million minutes were used last year. The rate for these services, paid from state and federal funds can be as much as $12 per minute (for video relay services). In our last round of meetings with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staff [...]

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Meeting at the White House

Tonight I had the opportunity to go to the White House for a meeting. We are asking the Administration to support our efforts to make hearing aids more affordable through the hearing aid tax credit bill, which is currently before Congress. I was there to meet with a Domestic Policy Advisor. I was headed to [...]

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Celebrity with a hearing loss

One of the highlights at our 2006 Orlando Convention was hearing Lou Ferrigno speak at the Opening Session. As a skinny teenager (yes, I really was), seeing David Banner transform into a large intimidating figure (The Hulk) sparked my imagination. At the time, of course, I did not know anything about Lou Ferrigno, his story, [...]

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