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Showing posts with label Stem Cells. Show all posts
VIDEO [CC] - Deaf culture and community will likely disappear from Stem Cell cure.
LONDON - Prediction 30 years from now, Deaf culture and community will disappear! As seen on article Deaf Gerbils 'Hear Again' After Stem Cell Cure - BSL Zone: The End A drama envisaging a terminal decline of Deaf Culture.
We are therefore currently only showing this film with subtitles. Here's the linked to watch video: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/zoom-focus-the-end/
Whether you are hearing or Deaf, it is recommended to watch this film with subtitles. There is spoken content which Deaf people will struggle to understand without subtitles, and there is British Sign Language which many hearing people will not understand.
This film was written and made with Deaf and hearing people in mind, and the film-makers really wanted to make a crossover film from the perspective of Deaf people and Deaf Culture.
Ted Evans (Writer/Director) and the team behind The End quite rightly want the film to be accessible for everyone - However watching the film without subtitles would prove to be very difficult.
We are therefore currently only showing this film with subtitles. Here's the linked to watch video: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/zoom-focus-the-end/
Official website - http://www.bslzone.co.uk/
Subscribe - BSLZoneOfficial
Official website: www.tedevans.co.uk
Related of Tim Evans:
Ted Evans - In Search Of The Deaf World
Deaf Filmmaker 'From Us To You' Short Film
Deaf Culture and Community Will Likely Disappear
Deaf Sisterhood - Documentary Film
LONDON - Prediction 30 years from now, Deaf culture and community will disappear! As seen on article Deaf Gerbils 'Hear Again' After Stem Cell Cure - BSL Zone: The End A drama envisaging a terminal decline of Deaf Culture.
We are therefore currently only showing this film with subtitles. Here's the linked to watch video: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/zoom-focus-the-end/
Whether you are hearing or Deaf, it is recommended to watch this film with subtitles. There is spoken content which Deaf people will struggle to understand without subtitles, and there is British Sign Language which many hearing people will not understand.
This film was written and made with Deaf and hearing people in mind, and the film-makers really wanted to make a crossover film from the perspective of Deaf people and Deaf Culture.
Ted Evans (Writer/Director) and the team behind The End quite rightly want the film to be accessible for everyone - However watching the film without subtitles would prove to be very difficult.
We are therefore currently only showing this film with subtitles. Here's the linked to watch video: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/zoom-focus-the-end/
Official website - http://www.bslzone.co.uk/
Subscribe - BSLZoneOfficial
Official website: www.tedevans.co.uk
Related of Tim Evans:
Ted Evans - In Search Of The Deaf World
Deaf Filmmaker 'From Us To You' Short Film
Deaf Culture and Community Will Likely Disappear
Deaf Sisterhood - Documentary Film
VIDEO: Marlee Matlin tweets concerns about a possible stem cell cure for deafness.
LONDON - British researchers have been able to rebuild nerves in the ears of gerbils, and it is believed the same technique could one day be applicable to Deaf humans. However, Oscar-winning actress Matlin, who has been Deaf since she was 18 months old, is worried about the implications of the development. Matlin has been tweeting her mixed feelings about the recently announced “stem cell cure” for deafness.
Matlin commented that millions of Deaf Americans who communicate in sign language do not regard deafness as a "handicap" or a "'disease' to cure." She posted these comments on Twitter: “Imagine how I must feel with my children with me at the grocery store and someone says "I heard there's a cure for your deafness!" Think.”
"Deafness cure" is trending. My concern is that it's bigger than a "trend." It involves people and not as simple as the 4 letters in "cure." According to The Telegraph, some Deaf people feel that they don’t need to be fixed by medical intervention. The National Association of the Deaf says that many profoundly Deaf people who sign consider themselves to be part of a unique linguistic group through sign language and a unique Deaf culture.
Matlin's comments reflect the views of many members of the Deaf community... Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/marlee-matlin-tweets-concerns-about-a-possible-stem-cell-cure-for-deafness
LONDON - British researchers have been able to rebuild nerves in the ears of gerbils, and it is believed the same technique could one day be applicable to Deaf humans. However, Oscar-winning actress Matlin, who has been Deaf since she was 18 months old, is worried about the implications of the development. Matlin has been tweeting her mixed feelings about the recently announced “stem cell cure” for deafness.
Matlin commented that millions of Deaf Americans who communicate in sign language do not regard deafness as a "handicap" or a "'disease' to cure." She posted these comments on Twitter: “Imagine how I must feel with my children with me at the grocery store and someone says "I heard there's a cure for your deafness!" Think.”
"Deafness cure" is trending. My concern is that it's bigger than a "trend." It involves people and not as simple as the 4 letters in "cure." According to The Telegraph, some Deaf people feel that they don’t need to be fixed by medical intervention. The National Association of the Deaf says that many profoundly Deaf people who sign consider themselves to be part of a unique linguistic group through sign language and a unique Deaf culture.
Matlin's comments reflect the views of many members of the Deaf community... Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/marlee-matlin-tweets-concerns-about-a-possible-stem-cell-cure-for-deafness
VIDEO: Deaf gerbils 'hear again' after stem cell cure, Health and science reporter, BBC News.
UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.
Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports.
Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. Fergus Walsh reports.
However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race... Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024
Watch the original BBC video - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19580117
UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.
Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports.
Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. Fergus Walsh reports.
However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race... Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024
Watch the original BBC video - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19580117
