Deaf Mum Hears Son's Voice For The First Time

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf mum hearing her family speak for the first time goes viral on social media, will bring you tears of joy.



MANCHESTER, UK -- The Channel 4 documentary has single handedly restored our faith in humanity, after the TV show introduced us to single mum Rebecca, her sister Amy and her three-year-old son.



9 years ago Rebecca had an unexplained loos of hearing in her right ear. Then, as if that wasn't enough, 16 weeks ago she tragically went deaf in her left ear too.

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"I've had to learn new ways of trying to communicate with him" explains a defiant Rebecca, as she bravely battles her condition, to give her son the best possible life.



However, with the help of audiologist Hugh Cooper, everything is about to change for the better.



When the mother of one visited Manchester Royal Infirmary with her sister Amy as part of Breaking the Silence Live, we see her hear again for the first time since she lost her hearing, thanks to the help of a cochlear implant.



The show has clearly struck a cord with viewers who have taken to Twitter to discuss the importance of communicating with Deaf people so that they don't feel alienated.



People take being able to hear for granted, have the upmost respect for my deaf family and all they've achieved #breakingthesilence.



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Deaf Mother, Sabrina Blount, Victim of Crime

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf community raises funds to help Sabrina Blount, who is a victim of a violent crime.

NORTH CAROLINA - Two former Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD) students has raped, robbed & ran over another former ENCSD student and left her for dead. But Sabrina Blount survived. Right now, she is still recuperating at a local hospital in North Carolina.



The victim & the criminals are all Deaf and they all knew each other from their ENCSD days. Authorities now have two men at the North Carolina correctional facility.



Sabrina will have to recover and rehabilitate not only her physical body, but also her mental & spiritual bodies as well. She has a long way to go, please donate to help her to cover the medical costs. http://www.gofundme.com/tg85nsks.

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Any amount will be helpful for people like Sabrina. The donations will go straight into Sabrina's bank account which her mother will help Sabrina to cover the medical costs... Read the full story



Why fundraising campaign? On April 7, 2015, two men, who she thought were her friends, drove her from Fayetteville to Raleigh against her will. They got her drunk and drugged her, then raped her. Not only that, they drove their vehicle over her body twice in a parking lot then left her there alone.



Four weeks later, she is still hospitalized. She will have surgeries because almost all of her organs are involved in the damage. Her mother has lost her job and house because she has to take care of her. Sabrina has an 18 month old baby who is being taken care of by her grandmother for now - Watch video in ASL.



Sabrina Blount's Fundraising websites:

Donation site - http://www.gofundme.com/tg85nsks

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Facebook page - https://facebook.com/pages/Sabrina-Blount-the-Victim-of-a-Violent-Crime



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Dispatcher Hailed Hero For Helping Deaf Woman's Mother

VIDEO: NASHVILLE, TN - A Clarksville woman is grateful to a 911 dispatcher who got help to her Deaf mother Monday night. Lisa Prichard lives in Clarksville and was home when her mother texted her that something was wrong.



Prichard was able to video call her mother Joy Gournaris, 68, at Gournaris' Antioch home. "She was confused, she didn't understand what was going on and was getting ready to pass out," Prichard said.



Prichard knew if she tried to drive to her mother's home from Clarksville it would take her an hour. She was also concerned because it appeared her mother was having a stroke and every second counted.

Prichard kept her mother on video phone and called 911 from her Clarksville home. Clarksville's 911 center transferred her to Nashville where 911 Dispatcher Lori Bentley took over the phone call.



"While, I'm communicating with sign language with my mother I was talking to the dispatcher," Prichard said. "I had to really be calm and think about what I was saying. I wanted to cry and scream, but I stayed calm for my mother."



The video relay system Gournaris uses has a 911 emergency component that allows her to make emergency calls... Read more: http://www.wkrn.com/story/20538233/operator-praised-for-helping-woman-get-help-to-deaf-mother

Deaf Mother Survivor Being Assaulted By Nazis

VIDEO: A Documentary Film: Deaf Mother Survivor Being Assaulted By Nazis.



Bring Your Own Doc: 'Ingelore' Revisiting a Nazi Assault. Director Frank Stiefel, of Ingelore, talks to Ondi on this BYOD REMIX about the jaw-dropping experience of his hearing impaired mother being assaulted by nazis during WWII.

In this eye-opening interview, director Frank Stiefel talks about his film, 'Ingelore.'

Telling the shattering story of his own mother's assault at the hands of Nazis during WWII, Stiefel digs deep into the despair of war and family in this episode of BYOD.



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A Holocaust Survivor Finds Her Voice With Ingelore Director Frank Stiefel.

Guest Bio: Frank Stiefel, the producer, writer and director of 'Ingelore' has spent most of his career as a production executive in the television commercial production industry. First as the Executive Producer at Stiefel & Company and later at @Radical Media, he was responsible for the production of thousands of commercials. He also produced a number of short subject documentaries that appeared in festivals such as Telluride, Sundance and Berlin. 'Ingelore' is the first film he has directed. Read more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poGhJ20n_pY&hd=1



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