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Closed captioning to aid hard-of-hearing at live events

By Allison Krecek | November 17, 2013

When the football crowd is screaming its lungs out it can be difficult for anyone to hear what’s going on, and students are looking to change that with a closed captioning service.Taylor Hartman, graduate rehabilitation counseling program student, is...

DeafPride group ‘glosses’ to music

By Hany Abdel | November 10, 2013

DeafPride members held a Sign Sync event Thursday night in Wirtz Hall Auditorium to raise awareness for National Deaf Awareness Week.The student organization “glossed” over several pop hits to music and lyrics during the event. Glossing is a term...

During Deaf Town, an event hosted by DeafPride, NIU community members used sign language to emulate both commuication through words and body to raise awereness for social barriers for Deaf Awareness Week.

Students learn through Deaf Town

By Kate Chopelas | November 5, 2013

A new type of town, called Deaf Town, was created Tuesday evening in the Holmes Student Center’s Skyroom.Organizers Tertia Jeppson, vice president of DeafPride, and club President Kaitlyn DeVita promoted and held the event to educate the public on Deaf...

Deaf Awareness Week offers new perspective

By Kim Randall | November 5, 2013

Instead of recovering from Halloween, take some time this week to learn about life as a student with a hearing impairment for Deaf Awareness Week.Monday kicked off DeafPride’s annual Deaf Awareness Week, but if you missed the start of the excitement,...

DeafPride hosts awareness week for hearing impaired

By Faith Healy | November 7, 2011

This week, DeafPride hosts Deaf Awareness Week, a celebration of deaf culture.DeafPride, a student group dedicated to raising awareness about deaf culture, holds the celebration during the first full week of November every year. An event is planned every...