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    May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Regal to let deaf moviegoers see what they've been missing

    Raymond Smith Jr. has been trying for nearly two decades to make the movie industry listen to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing.
    Raymond Smith Jr. has been trying for nearly two decades to make the movie industry listen to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing. This month, the senior executive at Regal Entertainment Group will come closer to his goal. His company, the...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Carmike Cinemas Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Regal Entertainment Group

    2. Apr 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Bionic eye maker has vision of the future

    Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind.
    Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, so I hired them instead,"...

    Tags: Science, Food and Drug Administration, University of California, Los Angeles, Technology, Blindness

    3. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. For 'Tribes,' a bit of understudy musical chairs

    Audiences who attended Sunday's performance of "Tribes," Nina Raine's play currently running at the Mark Taper Forum, were able to witness a rare bit of understudy musical chairs.
    Audiences who attended Sunday's performance of "Tribes," Nina Raine's play currently running at the Mark Taper Forum, were able to witness a rare bit of understudy musical chairs. Center Theatre Group said actress Gayle Rankin, who played the the role...

    Tags: Celebrities, Music, Broadway Theater, Entertainment, Music Theater

    4. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'Tribes' star Russell Harvard talks deaf community culture

    Russell Harvard plays the deaf brother in a dysfunctional family in "Tribes" at the Mark Taper Forum through April 14. The Austin, Texas-based actor, who won a Drama League Award for the role off-Broadway, will move with the production to the La Jolla Playhouse from June 25 through July 21. He spoke in his Taper dressing room.
    Russell Harvard plays the deaf brother in a dysfunctional family in "Tribes" at the Mark Taper Forum through April 14. The Austin, Texas-based actor, who won a Drama League Award for the role off-Broadway, will move with the production to the La Jolla...

    Tags: Gallaudet University, Technology, Music, Entertainment, Daniel Day-Lewis

    5. Mar 28, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. Hearing impairment doesn't stop these hockey players

    Trey Wilson can't hear the crowd applaud when he scores a goal, and he has scored quite a few since he discovered hockey was a perfect outlet for his energy.
    Trey Wilson can't hear the crowd applaud when he scores a goal, and he has scored quite a few since he discovered hockey was a perfect outlet for his energy. The 25-year-old left wing from Riverside was born deaf, which means he can't hear the crunch of...

    Tags: Bobby Ryan, Ice Hockey, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tony Granato

    6. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Review: 'Tribes' will be heard — and felt

    In the intellectually raucous British household of Nina Raine's "Tribes," family members don't so much talk as assault each other with monologues.
    In the intellectually raucous British household of Nina Raine's "Tribes," family members don't so much talk as assault each other with monologues. The dinner table cacophony consists of scraps of debate, ironic jabs, aesthetic proclamations, academic...

    Tags: Roy Rogers, Health and Safety at School

    7. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 'Tribes' uncovers a dysfunction both silent and spoken

    In the play "Tribes," a young deaf man with a boisterous, hearing family learns something from a new girlfriend that his parents and siblings never bothered to teach him: how to sign. He had always been expected to keep up with them by reading lips.
    In the play "Tribes," a young deaf man with a boisterous, hearing family learns something from a new girlfriend that his parents and siblings never bothered to teach him: how to sign. He had always been expected to keep up with them by reading lips....

    Tags: Roy Rogers, Tinnitus, Celebrities, Genetic Condition, Music

    8. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Switched at Birth' airs groundbreaking episode tonight

    ABC Family will make history tonight, airing an episode of <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-switched-at-birth-20130227,0,6780041.story">&ldquo;Switched at Birth&rdquo;</a> completely in American Sign Language, with subtitles for hearing viewers. It's something the network says has never been done before on scripted, mainstream television.
    ABC Family will make history tonight, airing an episode of “Switched at Birth” completely in American Sign Language, with subtitles for hearing viewers. It's something the network says has never been done before on scripted, mainstream...

    Tags: Gallaudet University, ABC Family (tv network)

    9. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Hearing loss partially reversed in noise-damaged ears of mice

    Anyone who&rsquo;s gone to too many rock concerts or worked with loud machinery for too long &nbsp;(or listened to too many kazillion-decibel advertisements at a movie theater) may eventually pay the price: hearing loss caused by damage to tiny, sound-transmitting cells in the inner ear.
    Anyone who’s gone to too many rock concerts or worked with loud machinery for too long  (or listened to too many kazillion-decibel advertisements at a movie theater) may eventually pay the price: hearing loss caused by damage to tiny, sound-...

    Tags: Pete Townshend, Harvard Medical School, Eric Clapton, Science and Technology

    10. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Hearing loss, cognitive decline associated in older people, study says

    Hearing loss among older adults appears to be associated with faster cognitive decline than people without hearing loss, researchers found. The study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday suggests that, on average, individuals with...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Alzheimer's Disease, Internal Medicine

    11. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Young children should have hearing tested more frequently: study

    Parul Bhatia, a pediatrician at Children&rsquo;s Hospital Los Angeles, remembers the patient well.&nbsp; The girl was 3 years old and profoundly deaf. Even though she had failed a hearing test at birth, she hadn&rsquo;t been treated for hearing loss.
    Parul Bhatia, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, remembers the patient well.  The girl was 3 years old and profoundly deaf. Even though she had failed a hearing test at birth, she hadn’t been treated for hearing loss....

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, David Geffen, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pediatrics

    12. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant

    Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly deaf, has died. He was 89.
    Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Dentistry and Dental Health, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), General Practitioners, Brigham Young University

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