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Captioning Now Available on All YouTube.com Videos

March 10th, 2010 by Life With A Hearing Loss

As of March 4, 2010, most YouTube.com videos will have a CC button on it that will allow users to view automatically generated captions.  What a treat for deaf or hard of hearing people who – up until now – have been shut out of YouTube videos. The speech recognition technology is far from Read More

Denver Theater Seating Suggestions for Open Captioning

February 3rd, 2010 by Life With A Hearing Loss

As I mentioned in a prior post, I recently caught my first open captioned performance at the Denver Theater.  The show I saw was the musical, Wicked.  The cast, the props and the special effects were exceptional.  I really had a good time and would love to go to another open captioned Read More

How NOT to Startle a Hard of Hearing Person – Part 2

July 16th, 2008 by Life With A Hearing Loss

In my prior post, “How NOT to Startle a Hard of Hearing Person,” I inadvertently left out a real gem of a tip. Therefore, in addition to the 4 tips I listed on that post, I would like to add one more: 5. One of the most effective ways to get the attention of someone who is hearing impaired Read More