Nyle DiMarco co-directs documentary on Deaf Rights Movement

Nyle DiMarco (left) and Davis Guggenheim (right) co-directed the Deaf President Now movie.

Four students. Eight days of protest. One big change in university leadership. It’s the pivotal moment in history you probably don’t know about!

“Deaf President Now!” follows the events on the campus of Gallaudet University, the world’s first Deaf university, in 1988. The school’s board had appointed a hearing president instead of one of the qualified Deaf candidates. Four students organized and held protests, rallies and boycotts and after eight days, the school’s president resigned, and the first Deaf president of the university was appointed.

Read on at https://6abc.com/post/nyle-dimarcos-documentary-deaf-president-now-is-pivotal-mostly-unknown-moment-history/16429685

 

ANA Updates Sign Language Badge for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Passengers

Check-in counter for ANA at Yamaguchi Ube Airport, Japan © Indiana Jo

As part of its commitment to create “A Sky Welcoming Everyone”, and in the run-up to Tokyo’s 2025 Deaflympics, the ANA (All Nippon Airways) group is redesigning badges worn by cabin crew and airport staff fluent in Japanese Sign Language.

Read on at https://travelradar.aero/ana-updates-sign-language-badge-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-passengers/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKYN1RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFuNTJTTEdIV2xkWjUzZGRIAR7WKaAvR9ZRG3G5hBpsrC6uF3EJW19kL928wcfwTf1VE__eVQkcGOnq6gfFQA_aem_lgGCkcFhg4lmTTEVR3E_eg#google_vignette

 

MUSC to study first-ever fully internal cochlear implants as part of national trial

Example of placing an internal cochlear implant behind the ear.

15 people with significant hearing loss could receive a cochlear implant with no external devices under the 3-year study

People with hearing loss could have the option of an implant with no external pieces for the first time as part of a medical trial at the Medical University of South Carolina.

The Charleston-based teaching and research hospital will place a fully implantable cochlear implant in about 15 adults with significant hearing loss in both ears. Depending on the results of the study, which will last three years, the device could become widely available.

Read on at https://scdailygazette.com/2025/03/24/musc-to-study-first-ever-fully-internal-cochlear-implants-as-part-of-national-trial/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKYM5VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRcE12Q213dHNSbzFlS3Q3AR4URpHi4HgRdtVNiHJKw_ICQeTiI8K4DRFznopSE_OQKZFwOrfKtedDl6sltA_aem_qNBfsDyw79Y4tUgS4YaZTw