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Lifestyle 2 years ago

Sign language interpreters describe their experience with music

Indonesian sign language interpreters talk about their practice and how it feels to “perform” for the hard of hearing and deaf to create a more inclusive performance.

Community 3 years ago

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Promising signs: How a uniquely Indonesian form of sign language brings people together

The Indonesian Sign Language Center (Pusbisindo) is striving to improve communication for all through its ongoing efforts to cultivate and propagate a natural Indonesian signing idiom.

Community 3 years ago

Indonesia school helps students recite Quran in sign language

Concerned about how Indonesian students with hearing impairments often miss out on religious education, cleric Abdul Kahfi founded an Islamic boarding school to help them study and recite scripture from the Quran using sign language.

Society 4 years ago

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New disability commission stumbles in response to minister's gaffe

What was supposed to open a chapter toward better disability equality in the country has been marred by the lackluster response of the newly inaugurated government watchdog.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

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Learning Empathy: Indonesians enroll in sign language classes during pandemic

Interest in learning sign language has risen as online classes make everything more accessible than ever.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

TikTok helping deaf Black Americans preserve their brand of sign language

TikTok influencers are helping many Black Americans learn more about sign language.

Health 5 years ago

Costly, but transparent masks are boon for hard of hearing

Transparent facemasks and shields are costly compared with classic counterparts but could prove a boon for the deaf and hard of hearing battling to communicate in the coronavirus era.

National 5 years ago

Yogyakarta woman creates 'transparent mask' to help the deaf communicate in time of coronavirus

The mask design, which replaces the middle section with transparent plastic, is expected to help deaf people to communicate more naturally as it allows them to lip-read.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Budapest orchestra helps deaf people 'hear' Beethoven through touch

A group of people, including children, all of them hard of hearing, has been able to "hear" through touch Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which has gone down in music history as the Symphony of Fate.

Lifestyle 7 years ago

Hearing activists, artists advocate deaf rights

“I felt deeply disappointed, as if my presence was not appreciated,” said Ricendy Januardo.

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