From: Karen.Keil@p0.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
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Subject: SHHH report 6 of 13
Date: 12 Aug 92 21:32:49 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Part 6 of the SHHH Convention---Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Exhibits cont.

H.E.A.R
P.O. Box 460847
San Francisco, CA  94146

H.E.A.R.  stands for Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers.

This is an interesting group.  Julia Rucker attended their
workshop so she may be able to tell us more about it.  It's a
non-profit corporation whose "mission is to prevent hearing loss
by promoting awareness of hearing issues and educating the public
about the nature of sound."  Even though they focus on the music
community, they also serve everyone else.  Many veteran rockers
support this group, among them Pete Townshend, Stephen Stills and
many others.  Many rockers have lost much of their hearing and
can't listen to music anymore, much less perform it live.

As part of their exhibit handouts is a reprint of an article from
VOICE Magazine, July/August 1990 issue, entitled, 'Only a Fool
Would Say That.'

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Gallaudet University

They publish a quarterly magazine called Gallaudet Today, and
their Winter 1991-92 issue has articles about 'The Silent
Majority: Deafened Adults', a group who lost their hearing in
adulthood.

Subscription is $10.00 a year in the U.S. and $12 elsewhere.

Gallaudet Today
800 Florida Ave. NE
Washington, D. C. 20002-3695

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Harris Communications
6541 City West Parkway
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3248

They had a booth of books and literature as well as assistive
devices.  I bought some books from them, which were:

Changing the Rules
by Frank Bowe
(1986)
T. J. Publishers, Inc.
817 Silver Spring Avenue, 206
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Autobiographical account of a deaf man who grew up to change the
rules enabling disabled people opportunities to make the most of
their lives in employment, etc.  He became deaf at the age of 3
and was mainstreamed in the public schools before there was such
a term.  He furthered his education to the level of a doctorate.

How You Gonna Get To Heaven If You Can't talk With Jesus:  On
Depathologizing Deafness
by James Woodward  (1982)
T. J. Publishers (see above)
A collection of research papers written by a professor of
Linguistics at Gallaudet College.  The title is definitely
unusual!

Speak to Me!
by Marcia Calhoun Forecki
(1985 with updated 1989 epilogue)
Gallaudet University Press
Washington, D. C. 20002
About a single and divorced mother raising a profoundly deaf
son--true story--very good--enlightening with a parent's view.

They had many interesting books, but knowing that I would have to
pack all that in my luggage prevented me from buying any more!
Their books and videotapes catalog is a gold mine of information,
with such titles as AT HOME AMONG STRANGERS, A DEAF ADULT SPEAKS
OUT, LIVING WITH A HEARING PROBLEM, etc..

They even carry an item, The Holy Bible:  English Version for the
Deaf!

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Zenith Consumer Electronics
1000 Milwaukee Avenue
Glenview, Illinois  60025

They featured their closed-captioned TVs.  I asked them if they
have yet the feature to change the size of the captions from
large to regular and vice versa and they said no.  I told them I
got my Zenith TV in part from seeing the exhibit at the 1991
convention.

They showed a VCR that has caption decoder capability, but the
only information on this is a mention in their catalogue:

'Zenith's commitment to Closed Captioning does not end with TV
sets.  The VR2218CC is the first VCR with the helpful circuitry
built in.  It decodes and displays the Closed Captions using any
television."

'Zenith also offers a VCR with a built-in CC decoder that will
work with any TV set, even one without a built-in decoder.'

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Silent Word Media Resources
7400 W. Augusta, Box 24S
River Forest, IL  630305-1499

This organization can caption your video tape for you.  They will
request a master copy of the tape and a script of the spoken
dialogue.  The script can either be provided by you or they will
transcribe one.  The script is entered into the captioning
computer. After a series of proofreadings, the captions are
encoded onto a copy of the master.

They also produce their own tapes and have a lending library for
you to rent tapes from.  They offer many other services as well.
Their mission is to according to their brochure:
--to 'bridge the gap' between media and the hearing impaired
--to promote awareness of all disability situations
--to enhance the lives of people through the use of media

What intrigued me is their association with my religious
denomination, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod--via sign
languages classes and religious videos they produce for the
Synod.  That is just one of the things they do--they do much more
in other areas for other people and groups, too.

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ITS
(Interactive Training System)

Software that you use on the computer to help you learn to listen
to words.  This software will be available (scheduled to be)
September 1992.  They had a computer to demonstrate it and you
listen to the word and point to a picture for that word, e.g.
banana.

It can be adapted for individual needs, and it uses games as
lessons.  It has been tested and it works in enhancing speech and
reading skills for the hearing-impaired who use hearing aids,
cochlear implants or tactile devices.

Breakthrough, Inc.
131 Technology Innovation Center
Oakdale, Iowa 52319

319-335-4486
1-800-874-2851

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That's all that was interesting and new (to me) in the exhibits!
(That is, it's time to move on to other things...)

To be continued....

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