Lipreading Mom’s Note: In further researching videos posted on The 700 Club Web site, it appears that the latest posted broadcast does include a captioned transcript. Here is my letter to a representative with The 700 Club. Dear The 700 Club Representative, Thank you for your prior response. In browsing your Web site further, it … Continue reading
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Response from The 700 Club About Captioned Programs
Lipreading Mom’s Note: I received a response from The 700 Club regarding my concerns about lack of captions with its Web site videos. Apparently, their representative concludes I am advocating for captions on their TV network, which they already have. I will write back the network to clarify that I am advocating for captions on … Continue reading
My Email to The 700 Club Regarding Lack of Internet Captions
Dear Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) and The 700 Club Management, As a follower with hearing loss, I am writing to express my concern about the lack of captions with your YouTube video streaming of The 700 Club broadcasts. On several occasions, myself and friends with hearing loss have wanted to watch online broadcasts events on … Continue reading
Can’t Live Without Captions: Transcript of “Atheist, Dead on Morgue Slab, Wakes After Meeting Jesus in Heaven”
Lipreading Mom Note: This video was originally broadcast by the 700 Club and is viewable at http://www.jesus-loves-you.org/?p=3449. However, because the video wasn’t captioned, the thousands of us with hearing loss could not enjoy this video. Enter my friend, Donna Ellis, a volunteer captionist at our church, who typed a transcript, word-for-word, of this amazing video. … Continue reading
You Are Not Alone: Susan’s Story
Lipreading Mom’s Note: This is part of a continuing series about depression in women. Today’s writer tells about her life with hearing loss, single parenting, and finding hope and courage. Susan’s Story My name is Susan. I found out that I had a moderate sensorineural genetic hearing loss when I was 12 years old. When … Continue reading
Finding God, Healing, and Encouragement Through Hearing Loss
Lipreading Mom’s Note: This is a continuing series about depression among women. Today’s story comes from my friend, Kathy, who lives with a profound hearing loss and found help through, among many things, wearing cochlear implants. Kathy’s Story I had gradual hearing loss for about 25 years. I just dealt with it by getting stronger … Continue reading
My Email to ESPN Regarding Lack of Captions
Dear ESPN, ABC Sports, and ESPN.com, As a sports fan with hearing loss, I am writing to express my concern about the lack of captions with your video streaming of live sports events. On several occasions, myself and friends with hearing loss have wanted to watch sport events on your Website, only to be unable … Continue reading
Lipreading Moms Are Everywhere
When I attended the Hearing Loss Association of America national convention two years ago, I thought I was the only Lipreading Mom in the world. Then I met Tina, a mom of three from Georgia. Like me, she developed a hearing loss after the birth of one of her children. Like me, she was afraid … Continue reading
You Are Not Alone: Amberley’s Story
This is the second post in a series about a common illness that affects at least 1 in 4 women in the United States…depression. As I shared in my first post on this topic, I have also experienced depression and have found help. Amberley, a friend of mine, is raising two children while living with … Continue reading
Adventures in Captioned Movies
This article was written by Terri Shirley, one of the steering leaders of the Kansas City Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America. Terri and I, along with three others, attended a special screening of “Footloose” this week to test out new closed captioning equipment at our local theater. Recently a few members of … Continue reading
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