Word: deafness
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...Christmas, the story was frontpage news in nearly every daily in the country, and Britons began to raise a storm of protest. In Parliament, Labor's Ashley, who is chairman of an all-party Parliamentary Group on Disablement (and is totally deaf himself), declared: "There are a thousand excuses why these children should receive no money and every single excuse has been scavenged by this company throughout the last decade...
...first it looks like just another commercial. Then the young woman on the screen smiles as her fingers begin to move fluidly through the hand signs of the deaf. "Hello," she signals, "I'm Carol McEvoy, an interpreter. I'm using sign language to help those with impaired hearing understand this message from Western Air Lines." As an unseen announcer goes into his voice-over pitch, McEvoy's hands signal the message: "There is stretch-out comfort of first-class leg space at every seat." Scenes of passengers stretching out in flight materialize on a screen just...
...commercials are patterned after McEvoy's daily sign language newscast in Los Angeles. She hears normally but learned sign language to communicate with her parents, who are both deaf. The spots have run on stations from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. Says Bert D. Lynn, a Western vice president: "People who have impaired hearing are often elderly folks with the means, time and desire to travel." Besides, judging from the large number of letters that Western has received about the ads, they have made an unexpected impact on viewers with normal hearing...
...core of the problem seems to be stubborn residual racism among the Navy's "middle management." All too frequently, Zumwalt's pleas for equality have fallen on deaf ears, from skippers all the way down to petty officers. Addressing a flotilla of admirals and generals at the Pentagon in the wake of the three outbreaks, Zumwalt pulled no punches in blaming his subordinates. "Uncomprehending response or response which lacks commitment from the heart-no matter how correct-is essentially obstructionist," said the Chief of Naval Operations. "Just as obstructionist is a man who puts an order...
...built-in defense against continuous exposure to loud noise: he goes partially deaf. Before that, however, he may well suffer headaches, heart flutter, and even ulcers. What can be done to quiet the crescendo that is rising every year? New York City has an answer. It has just passed the toughest noise code in the nation...