61. El Sham - Misc3 Article by the late Roy Robinson on the association of congenital hearing loss with whiteness and blue eye color. http://www.dataweb.nl/~sham/misc3.html

White Cats and Deafness by Roy Robinson The completely white cat, especially the long haired, is rightly regarded as one of the most beautiful of breeds. The eye colour may be orange or blue; or even one eye orange and the other blue on occasion. These cats are healthy and fertile except for one problem, there is a propensity for impaired hearing. The genetics of the white is simple. The colour is produced by a dominant gene W which is responsible for several different features. These are: white coat, blue iris to the eyes and deafness. The white coat is invariably manifested but the blue irises and deafness are produced in only a proportion of cats. Both of the latter may be expressed either unilaterally or bilaterally. When a variety of effects are consistently produced these are termed a syndrome. It is not usual for one feature of a syndrome to be regularly expressed while the others are less regular. This is conventionally interpreted as variable expression of the syndrome. The mildly effected cat would have a white coat but normal eye colour and normal hearing. The extreme expression would be a white cat with two blue eyes and deaf in both ears. The white coat is produced by an absent of melanin pigment granules in the hairs. Consequently, the hairs are translucent and appear white to human vision. The blue iris colour is due to a deficiency of pigment granules which affect the structure of the whole eye. The impaired hearing is due to a progressive degeneration of vital organs for hearing in the inner ear.

62. DeafnessFoundation http://www.netspace.net.au/~deafness/main.html

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63. Brain Briefings Deafness Genes Full size image available below. deafness Genes Researchers now hope that new findings on the genetic component of deafness will help expand treatment options. http://web.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/deafness.html

Login Directory Merchandise Contact Us ... Abstracts/Annual Meeting Publications Full size image available below Deafness Genes Hearing is one of the basic elements of human communication, yet millions of Americans are hearing impaired. Currently only a few strategies for overcoming the deficiency exist. For example, some people with a moderate case can overcome the impairment with hearing aids, which amplify sounds. Others bypass the communication setback with sign language. Researchers now hope that new findings on the genetic component of deafness will help expand treatment options. Painstaking analysis has led to the recent discovery of a large number of mutated genes that are involved in causing deafness in humans. An understanding of how these genes operate is helping researchers devise biological strategies to protect or restore human hearing. Nag. Nag. Nag. You shut the door to block out the rantings from the other room. Ahhh. Peace. But what if the silence was endless? Many individuals spend life unable to detect nagging yells as well as romantic whispers, telephone chit chat and radio tunes because their hearing system is damaged. In fact, about 30 million Americans have moderate to severe hearing impairments. Sometimes the impairment is triggered by an outside source. Toxic drugs, infections or booming noises louder than 90 decibels like a jet engine roar can injure a hearing system.

64. Deafness deafness. By George M. Strain, PhD. For more information about deafness in dogs and cats go to Dr. Strain s web site deafness in Dogs and Cats. http://www.vvm.com/~dthacker/baer.html

Deafness By: George M. Strain, PhD What is the BAER test? By: George M. Strain, PhD The hearing test known as the brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) or brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) detects electrical activity in the cochlea and auditory pathways in the brain in much the same way that an antenna detects radio or TV signals or an EKG detects electrical activity of the heart. The response waveform consists of a series of peaks numbered with Roman numerals: peak I is produced by the cochlea and later peaks are produced within the brain. The response from an ear that is deaf is an essentially flat line. In the sample recordings shown below Puppy 1 heard in both ears, Puppy 2 was deaf in the left ear, Puppy 3 was deaf in the right ear, and Puppy 4 was deaf in both ears. Reference for further reading: Strain, G. M. 1996. Aetiology, prevalence, and diagnosis of deafness in dogs and cats. (Commissioned review.) British Veterinary Journal 152:17-36. George M. Strain, PhD Professor of Neuroscience Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

65. Untitled Document Guarantee. The deafness Foundation site has moved. and is now hosted at. http//www.netspace.net.au/~deafness/main.html. Please http://www.home.aone.net.au/deafnessf/

Deafness Foundation (Victoria) Inc., ACN 005 053 510 A Company Limited by Guarantee The Deafness Foundation site has moved. and is now hosted at http://www.netspace.net.au/~deafness/main.html Please amend your bookmarks/favourites accordingly.

66. Poetry By Deaf And Hard Of Hearing People Portal features links to works expressing the poets' feelings and experiences with hearing loss. http://deafness.about.com/cs/poetry/a/poetry.htm

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67. WQXR: Classical Music Scene Musical biography with education and influences, the gradual increase of deafness, and the development of his musical voice with comparison of periods of his life plus summary list of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=883

68. The Scottish Council On Deafness http://www.scod.org.uk/home.htm

69. Sign Stage Theatre Encourages the development of original plays about deafness, the development of deaf playwrights and educational programs for both hearing and deaf individuals in elementary, high school and college/university settings. (Ohio) http://www.signstage.org/

UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONTACT US Cleveland SIGNSTAGE Theatre 8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216-229-2838 (voice), 216-229-0431 (tty), 216-229-2769 (fax) General Information: deaftheatre@signstage.org

70. White Deafness Whitelinked deafness in Australian Shepherds By Pam Bethurum, ASCA Educational Coordinator. deafness also occurs in white cats with blue eyes. http://www.asca.org/Education/Advanced/whitedeaf.htm

Established 1957 Australian Shepherd Club of America, Inc. PO Box 3790 Bryan, TX 77805-3790 Fax: (979) 778-1898 Home Page Regulations Aussie ... Forms White-linked Deafness in Australian Shepherds By Pam Bethurum, ASCA Educational Coordinator In the very early years of the breed and conformation showing, it was not uncommon to see dogs in the show ring and being bred that had excessive white trim. These dogs had white stifles carrying up into the body color, white body splashes coming up from the belly, excessive collars and white on the ears. If you look at the first ASCA Yearbook, you will find pictures of some of the early IASA and ASCA Specialty winners, some of which had excessive white. As the Breed grew in popularity and numbers, most of the conscientious breeders were very stringent on their breeding practices in regard to white. Those puppies with white ears, white over eyes, white stifles, etc., were removed from the breeding population. Most of the really excessive Irish pattern dogs were eliminated from the gene pool and the occurrence of pups with excessive trim became fewer and fewer. With the growing popularity of our breed, more and more new breeders and kennels, and the breed's recognition by AKC, we are beginning to once again see more dogs in the show ring with full white ears, etc. This article is a discussion on white-linked deafness caused by the Irish spotting gene. S Self, or completely colored body.

71. Deafness And Family Communication Center deafness and Family Communication Center of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/dfcc/

Welcome to the Deafness and Family Communication Center! DFCC provides clinical services for deaf or hard-of-hearing children and adolescents and conducts research addressing the impact of deafness on the mental health and well-being of children, adolescents, and their families. DFCC is part of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ( CHOP ) and is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. We are currently located at 3535 Market St, 9th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Please contact us at dfcc@www.med.upenn.edu , phone 215-590-7440, TTY 215-590-6817 Home Research Publications Links ... Surveys

72. Congenital Deafness And Its Recognition Highly technical paper concerning congenital hearing loss in cats and dogs from a veterinary perspective. http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/VetClinNA.htm

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - Special Issue: Pediatrics - July, 1999 Congenital Deafness and Its Recognition George M. Strain, PhD Professor of Neuroscience, Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine; and Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803 This work was supported by Grant No. 1R15DC01128-01 from the National Institutes of Health and by a grant from the American Kennel Club. George M. Strain, PhD Comparative Biomedical Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-9895 (fax) strain@lsu.edu Synopsis Congenital deafness in dogs and cats is primarily of the hereditary sensorineural form associated with white pigmentation genes, although acquired forms of deafness are possible. Highest prevalence is seen in white cats, especially those with blue eyes, and the Dalmatian, with many other dog breeds affected to some extent. This deafness results from degeneration of the cochlear blood supply at age 3 to 4 weeks, presumably resulting from suppression of melanocytes by the white (cat) or merle or piebald (dog) genes. Mechanism of inheritance is not understood for most breeds. Such animals should not be bred and may present liabilities for their owners. Objective diagnosis of deafness, especially when unilateral, relies on the brain stem auditory evoked response, an electrodiagnostic test where electrical activity in response to a click stimulus is recorded from the scalp using needle electrodes and a special purpose computer. Client counseling guidelines are presented.

73. Deafness: Choices Of Communication deafness Choices of Sound and Fury Deaf Culture http//www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/culture/ Interesting essays on deaf history and living with deafness. http://www.answerpoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=204&column_type=webliography

74. Ménière's Society - Helping People With Vertigo, Tinnitus And Deafness Founded to support people with M©ni¨re's disease and those who care for them. Information about the organisation, with advice on managing the symptoms of vertigo, tinnitus and deafness. http://www.menieres.co.uk/

@import "ms.css"; This is the text-only version of the Web site. Click the 'bigger text' and 'smaller text' links below for the standard site. Skip to content Contact us Bigger text Smaller text ... Useful links Vertigo, tinnitus and deafness Join the Society and receive a comprehensive information pack, our quarterly magazine, SPIN and a contact list. You can contact us by mail, telephone, fax, minicom or email. To join, please use the membership application form About the Society Snub Communications Home Top

75. Deafness Beethoven. deafness. Beethoven s career as a virtuoso pianist was brought to an end when he began to experience his first symptoms of deafness. http://www.lucare.com/immortal/deaf.html

Deafness Beethoven's career as a virtuoso pianist was brought to an end when he began to experience his first symptoms of deafness. In a letter written to his friend Karl Ameda on 1 July 1801, he admitted he was experiencing signs of deafness. How often I wish you were here, for your Beethoven is having a miserable life, at odds with nature and its Creator, abusing the latter for leaving his creatures vulnerable to the slightest accident ... My greatest faculty, my hearing, is greatly deteriorated. Apparently Beethoven had been aware of the problem for about three years, avoiding company lest his weakness be discovered, and retreating into himself. Friends ascribed his reserve to preoccupation and absentmindedness. In a letter to Wegeler, he w rote: How can I, a musician, say to people "I am deaf!" I shall, if I can, defy this fate, even though there will be times when I shall be the unhappiest of God's creatures ... I live only in music ... frequently working on three or four pieces simultaneously. Many men would have been driven to suicide; Beethoven may indeed have contemplated it. Yet his stubborn nature strengthened him and he came to terms with his deafness in a dynamic, constructive way. In a letter to Wegeler, written five months after the despairing one quoted above, it becomes clear that Beethoven, as always, stubborn, unyielding and struggling against destiny, saw his deafness as a challenge to be fought and overcome:

76. Where Do We Go From Hear? Support to parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. Information on hearing loss, deafness, communication. http://www.gohear.org/

Why? Multimedia Project Techno Info What's New! ... Link/Resources Welcome to "Where do we go from Hear?" This web site is dedicated to being the best source of information for families of infants and children diagnosed with a hearing loss and the professionals who work with these individuals. We hope this resource will answer many of the questions you may have. We are currently looking for funding to help complete this important project, as well as information and input from individuals, parents, families, and professionals. We are also looking for sponsors to help support this web site. This Web Ear Ring site owned by Denise V. Berg Previous Next Next 5 Sites ... Join Contact: info@gohear.org This Web Page was created by A Net Presence and Pixel Kitchen

77. Deaf - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Causes of deafness. Genetics deafness can be inherited. Adaptations to deafness. Many deaf individuals use certain assistive devices in their daily lives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf

Deaf From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. To be deaf is commonly understood to mean to be unable to hear. However, the word is used and understood from two very divergent perspectives. First, there is the medical/pathological/audiological sense of the word and from this perspective deafness is seen as a disease or impairment . Opposing that perspective, there is the use of the term deaf in the cultural sense of the word. When the word deaf is used in this sense it is often capitalized. This split in perspectives causes what can seem to be odd constructions using the word. For example, a person could be said to be deaf but not Deaf. Conversely, one could be Deaf and yet not be deaf. Therefore, it can be important to discern which sense the word is being used by a speaker or writer. To learn more about the use of this word in the cultural sense, see: Deaf culture Table of contents 1 Causes of deafness 2 Medical treatments 3 Adaptations to deafness 4 Historical attitudes toward deafness ... edit Causes of deafness Genetics Deafness can be inherited. Both dominant and recessive genes exist which can cause deafness. If a family has a dominant gene for deafness it will persist across generations because it will be expressed in the offspring even if it is inherited from only one parent. If a family had genetic deafness caused by a recessive gene it will not always manifest as it will have to be passed onto offspring from both parents.

78. The Deafness Resources Page Go Back to First Page. deafness Resources on the Net. A note to all About.com Guide to deafness/Hard of Hearing. This is a huge http://www.deafblind.com/deafness.html

Go Back to First Page. Deafness Resources on the Net. A note to all blind and visually impaired people, A great many of the sites listed below are very graphical based sites, And you may not be able to get much useful information from the sites because of this. About.com Guide to Deafness/Hard of Hearing. This is a huge site full with information about Deafness, articles newsletters, links, and much more. Well worth visiting. USA. American Sign Language Finger spelling Page , This is a great site for ASL users you can download fonts from this site, But only ASL fonts. I have been to this site but I cannot really say if the fonts look good but the information there is excellent. American Society for Deaf Children , (ASDC) is an organization of parents and families that advocates for deaf or hard of hearing children's total quality participation in education, the family and the community. Animated ASL Dictionary , An excellent site for ASL users, And for those who wish to learn ASL. Ashwood Park Primary School, Junior school for around 400 boys and girls aged three to 11, on the outskirts of West Midlands, UK. There is a Hearing Impaired Unit which gives deaf children a helping hand all through school. Audiology Department, Glan Clwyd Hospital,

79. Auditory Neuropathy Information Homepage Contains a compilation of all the information available on the web dealing with the subject of Auditory Neuropathy, an unusual type of hearing loss, not necessarily resulting in deafness. http://auditoryneuropathy.tripod.com/ANindex.html

HOME What is Auditory Neuropathy? Auditory Dys-synchrony Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-Synchrony Consequences of Neural Asynchrony ... Communication Choices Books Deaf Educators For Parents AN Stories Jake's Journey Elijah's Story Halston's Page About AN Lagniappe Tips for Professionals Sturge-Weber Community Hearing Exchange Testing ... powered by bravenet.com Message Forum Chatroom Email This website was developed in an effort to provide access to information about Auditory Neuropathy to the parents of children diagnosed with this unusual hearing disorder. Auditory Neuropathy, referred to as AN, is a confusing diagnosis that has sparked conflict among professionals in the field of audiology. Because AN is not a typical hearing loss it is misunderstood by many audiologists, speech language pathologists, and teachers of the deaf. Many parents of children diagnosed with AN have received conflicting information and advice about diagnosis, management, and recommendations as to which mode of communication they should use with their children. Hearing aid use with AN is a heavily debated topic among professionals in the field. Some facilities have chosen to use hearing aids with AN children with limited success. There is current research stating that hearing aids are useful if about 50% of the cases but again, this is disputed among professionals. There is also professional disagreement over the use of cochlear implants in patients with AN. As the number of successfully implanted AN children grows, there are more and more referrals for cochlear implantation evaluations being made. Seminars for audiologists are being held throughout the country to promote and encourage understanding of the disorder and it's management.

80. NorCal Center On Deafness NorCal Center on deafness 4708 Roseville Road Suite 112 N. Highlands , CA 95660. Those events are coordinated by NorCal Center on deafness. http://www.norcalcenter.org/

About NorCal Advocacy Interpreting Services Video Interpreting ... Staff WebMail NorCal Center on Deafness 4708 Roseville Road Suite 112 N. Highlands , CA 95660 (916) 349-7500 V/TDD (916) 349-7580 FAX info@norcalcenter.org s="na";c="na";j="na";f=""+escape(document.referrer) Response on FCC's decision on VRS/TRS services by NorCal CEO, Sheri Farinha Voice your concerns now! - Submit a letter to Congress Contact Congressmen via Video Relay Service E-Filing Instructions to the FCC ... FCC VRS Rate Interim Order NEW Action Alert NEW NECA Public Notice released May 4, 2004 NEW CSD Comments on Payment Plan 2004-05 NEW SPECIAL EVENTS SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO NORCAL EVENTS Those events are coordinated by NorCal Center on Deafness. Please contact (916) 349-7500 if you have any questions about those events. Community events and news that may interest our community members. NorCal does not endorse or take responsibility for the events or news posted but provide them for the purpose of sharing information and referrals. To submit a event, please email your requests to info@norcalcenter.org

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