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ASL Volunteers needed at Deaf Camp (Knoxville, MD – July 2025)

Counselors and ASL staff volunteers needed See below for contact info including what the picture said too

Do you love…
Adventure? 🧗
Making a difference? 🫶
Camp? 🏕️
ASL? 🤟
Then we have the opportunity for you! Join us as a camp counselor for Deaf and ASL Camp!
We are looking for motivated volunteers to apply for this summer! Join us for a week of fun, learning, growing, making new friends, and so much more!
If you have more questions check out our website or contact us at
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deafcampsinc@gmail.com
 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/100064675272039/posts/1074027624763070/?rdid=jdSvfAJGVJMvdjgB

 

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Lifesaving solution allows deaf patient to feel heart pump alarms

Connie Bowling (bald man with black shirt with a heart on it) with Dr. Swethika Sundaravel and Dr. Barbara Pisani.

Atrium Health cardiac care experts worked tirelessly to creatively adapt an alarm-based mechanical heart pump for a deaf patient, enabling him to feel the alarms instead of hearing them.

Patient advocacy is at the core of Atrium Health care. This is especially important when patients have disabilities and require creative solutions to health challenges.

 

Connie Bowling, a 75-year-old deaf patient from Forsyth County, received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in March 2024. He became the first Atrium Health patient — and one of only a handful of hearing-impaired patients in the U.S. — to receive an LVAD.

Read on at https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2025/04/01/lifesaving-solution-deaf-patient-heart-pump-alarms.html

 

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