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Saturday, January 21, 2012

"Hearing the Unheard"

Dr. Joseph Valente, who became deaf from the high fever that resulted from pneumonia when he was a child,  shares some interesting stories, statistics and advice. We need to follow his advice. This was an excellent speech, Closed Captioned. It's worth your time to view:

 http://www.deaftv.com/film/TEDxPSU-Hearing-the-Unheard/
These are fascinating statistics if you are a parent or you work with children.
Here is a little tidbit from the speech: "Well, the Maryland School for the Deaf, they hold the distinction of passing state exams at higher rates than their hearing peers in hearing schools." Watch the video and learn more.

2 comments:

  1. This is certainly worth some time viewing. I will tweet this post on Twitter Monday. Thanks for sharing.

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