What matters deafness of the ears, when the mind hears?

March 20, 2007

Deaf Volunteers Find New Ways to Communicate

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Deaf volunteers!

In other words, the deaf can!

I remember my own group of mixed deaf-hearing young people (ok, I was young then) and our trip to the mountain village in Vietnam to construct and renovate the school.. Those were the days!
 

When volunteers from the American Red Cross respond to a disaster, timing is critical. Communicating becomes the most important factor during the crisis and the biggest challenge for deaf or hard-of-hearing volunteers. 

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