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Deafness

Websites
View episodes, meet the people, play games, and try science projects from the TiVo Kids show. Offers finger spelling. In English, French, American Sign Language, and Langue des Signes Québécoise.
http://www.deafplanet.com/

A man who was born with profound hearing loss answers questions about his condition.
http://www.marky.com/hearing/content.html

Learn about the development of a deaf community, American Sign Language, and how technology effects the lives of hearing-impaired people.
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/deafeyes/

Explores deaf culture and examines cochlear implants, controversial devices that can stimulate hearing. From PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/

Answers questions such as what does it mean to be deaf, what causes deafness, and how do people who can't hear learn to speak.
http://nauvoo.byu.edu/TheArts/Th...dypackets/lesson02/deafness.html

Put together by a 17-year old deaf girl. Includes a personal plea to learn sign language, along with some of the basics.
http://signlanguageuk.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Read about life at home and at school for four hearing impaired kids.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo/565/565-1.html

Fourth and fifth graders write about going to school with deaf children, famous people who have suffered from deafness, what causes the condition, and how to communicate with people who cannot hear.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5852/deaf1.htm

Learn how loud music can cause temporary and permanent hearing loss and how to protect your ears.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/rock_music.html

Find out what causes it and what can be done to help correct the problem.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/d...ns/sight/hearing_impairment.html

Learn about and how to participate in Loud Shirt day, an event designed to "give deaf children a voice."
http://www.loudshirtday.com.au/

Information on prevention and causes of ringing noises in ears. Presented by a teen as a resource for those who attend clubs or enjoy loud music.
http://t-generation.20m.com