KJZZ

Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind board considers big changes to staff salaries

The board for the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind is considering making big changes to staff salaries at its board meeting Thursday. The school has pointed to a growing budget deficit as ...
The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern community reflects on status of ASL learning on campus

For Weinberg sophomore Elia Silbey, enrolling at Northwestern meant the end of their American Sign Language journey. After two years of studying it in high school, they said the University’s limited ...

Hearing Loss Couldn’t Stop Samantha Figgins from Mesmerizing the Masses

Samantha Figgins, a hard-of-hearing dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, poses for a portrait at the theater ...
NPR

In his memoir, poet Raymond Antrobus writes of ‘deaf gain’ instead of hearing loss

When poet Raymond Antrobus was 6 years old, he learned he was deaf. His new memoir The Quiet Ear describes living in a world of in-betweenness, straddling intersections of race, class, hearing and ...
Capital Public Radio

In navigating hearing loss, poet Raymond Antrobus explains his views on 'deaf gain'

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to poet Raymond Antrobus about his new memoir, The Quiet Ear, and how he has navigated between the worlds of hearing and hearing loss. When writer Raymond Antrobus was a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

In navigating hearing loss, poet Raymond Antrobus explains his views on 'deaf gain'

When writer Raymond Antrobus was a child, he had a hard time making sense of the world around him. He struggled to hold conversations. He missed instructions from his teachers. He would get sent off ...