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  2. OPINION | Bob Hill: I got hearing aids just in time for ... - AOL

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    Just in time for National Deaf Awareness Month. Say what? To begin with, "hearing aid" is an ugly description for a small, curved hunk of often expensive, electrified metal to be stuck behind the ...

  3. National Association of the Deaf (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States.NAD was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by Deaf people to advocate for deaf rights, its first president being Robert P. McGregor of Ohio.

  4. Mom 'floored' when Bo Peep signs with her son at Disneyland ...

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    National Deaf Awareness Month. September is National Deaf Awareness Month, which was first celebrated in 1958 as International Day of the Deaf, and later became International Week of the Deaf ...

  5. National Black Deaf Advocates - Wikipedia

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    At the 100th anniversary of the National Association of the Deaf in July 1980, a Black deaf caucus was held. Led by Charles "Chuck" V. Williams of Ohio, Sandi LaRue and Linwood Smith of Washington, DC, they presented issues of the NAD's lack of attentiveness to the concerns of Black Deaf Americans as well as the lack of representation of Black Deaf individuals as convention delegates.

  6. 6YO Deaf Girl’s Neighbors Learn Sign Language To Make Her ...

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    The neighbors of a deaf girl learned sign language so she could go trick-or-treating on Halloween this year Image credits: Freepik (Not the actual photo) It all started with Ada’s mother.

  7. Royal National Institute for Deaf People - Wikipedia

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    The Royal National Institute for Deaf People was founded as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare of the Deaf in 1911 by Leo Bonn (Leo Bernard William Bonn) a deaf merchant banker, and philanthropist, in the ballroom of his home, at Bonn House, 22 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, on 9 June 1911.

  8. International Week of the Deaf - Wikipedia

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    International Week of the Deaf (IWDeaf) is celebrated annually across the world during the last full week of September since 2009. [1] [2] In 2018, it was celebrated together with the official International Day of Sign Languages, declared by the United Nations (UN), [3] for the first time.The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), its national associations, and their affiliates all over the world ...

  9. Deaf culture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Deaf-mute is a literal translation of the French sourd-muet which was already in use in France in the 19th century, in the works of the founder of the deaf school in Paris, as well as in the name of the school, the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris. Since some Deaf people can also speak, the term deaf-mute is not accurate.