DEAF FACTS: 280 million people worldwide have moderate to profound hearing loss in both ears. 34 million Americans have a significant hearing loss; of these almost six million are profoundly deaf. American Sign Language is the third most widely used language in the United States. Annually, 3,500 people are born very profoundly deaf. Statistics prove …
It’s Official: NTID President is Now Gallaudet President
Written by Annie Kwon Recently, RIT/NTID emailed me (and every student of NTID) announcing that Dr. Alan Hurwitz is selected by Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University to serve as its next president. It’s sad to see Dr. Hurwitz leave after being with NTID for nearly 40 years. He joined NTID faculty in 1970 and …
I’m Iranian
The Iranian peoples are a collection of ethnic groups, defined along linguistic lines as speaking Iranian languages. They are spread across the Iranian plateau, stretching from the Hindu Kush to central Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf – a region that is sometimes termed Greater Iran. Speakers of Iranian languages, however, were …
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