Deaf Culture Inspires Award Winning Student Film

Miah Detjen’s first language isn’t English. It’s not Spanish, French, German or Arabic. Her first language is American Sign Language (ASL). Detjen, a junior film production major and English minor, grew up with a deaf father, learning to sign before she learned to speak. When Ray Rea, MSUM professor of film/video production, asked students to make a short personal documentary, Detjen knew exactly whom she wanted to depict.

Link: http://news.mnstate.edu/2014/01/two-worlds-collide/

FDA Regulated Study of Cord Blood Stem Cells to Treat Acquired Hearing Loss Launches

Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®), the world’s largest and most experienced newborn stem cell company, announces the start of a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA)-regulated study being conducted at Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando to investigate the use of a child’s stem cells from their own stored umbilical cord blood as a treatment for acquired sensorineural hearing loss.

Link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1685758

NCBDDD 2014 Research Opportunities

The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the CDC is pleased to announce the availability of SIX (6) NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES for 2014. The DRDC conducts research related to the priorities of CDC’s NCBDDD through research grant sub-awards to university and other academic and professional partners that utilize medical, social and basic science, and public health approaches.

Link: http://www.disabilityresearchcenter.com/research/

EHDI: AAP Tools for Medical Home Providers to Address Loss to Follow Up/Documentation (LTF/D)

An infant’s primary care medical home provider plays an important role early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) – particularly in terms of ensuring timely follow-up and appropriate documentation of follow-up. Without active assistance of the medical home, the infant may be considered “lost” in the EHDI system.

Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/293858862