DEAF PERFORMERS AT SUPER BOWL LVII (Feb. 12, 2023)

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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the NFL proudly announce that Super Bowl LVII in Arizona on February 12, 2023 will feature Deaf performers Troy Kotsur, Colin Denny, and Justina Miles as part of pregame festivities. Oscar winner and Arizona native Troy Kotsur will provide the American Sign Language (ASL) performance of the National Anthem. Colin Denny, a Deaf Native American from Navajo Nation in Arizona, will perform America the Beautiful through a blend of ASL and North American Indian Sign Language. For the first time ever, there will be an ASL rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl, done by Justina Miles, a Philadelphia born performer now living in Maryland. On top of that, Justina will also perform in ASL the music of Rhianna during the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show. Information on where to best watch these sign language performances will be shared when it becomes available.

Read on and more about the performers at https://www.nad.org/2023/01/24/deaf-performers-at-super-bowl-lvii.

The Future of Hearing Technology Has Landed! (Jan. 19, 2023)

The Newark Senior Center Computer Club invites you to a ZOOM and IN-PERSON talk, entitled “The Future of Hearing Technology Has Landed!” by Linda Heller, President of the Hearing Loss Association of Delaware. It will be held on Thursday, January 19th, 2023 from 1:00-2:30pm at the Newark Senior Center, 200 Whitechapel Dr, Newark, Delaware 19713 in Classroom 1.
 
Ms. Heller will discuss the new FDA, federal classification of Over-the Counter (OTC) hearing aids, how to buy them and discuss other technologies that will build on hearing aids to help people hear better. Please join us for this informative talk! There will be a question and answer period at the end of the talk.  Here is the notice and ZOOM link below:
 
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