Deafness

• TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) is thrilled to announce that it has awarded an unprecedented 26 post-secondary scholarships to Deaf and hard of hearing Canadian students for the 2023-2024 academic year.
• These life enhancing bursaries are awarded through the CHS National Scholarship Program, the largest scholarship program in Canada that exclusively supports Deaf and hard of hearing students.
• “Since Canadian Hearing Services launched its National Scholarship Program in 2017, we have provided an incredible 133 scholarships to 60 individual students across our country!
• We are extremely privileged to be able to make such a significant impact to the lives of so many deserving Deaf and hard of hearing students,” says Julia N. Dumanian, President & Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Hearing Services.

• "Tala is innovative, discreet and powerful and uses our most advanced technology released to date," said Steve Iseberg, VP of Innovation for Lucid Hearing.
• "This product's discreet design will make it popular among individuals who have mild to moderate hearing loss, and who want a solution that doesn't look like a hearing aid.
• Additionally, like all of Lucid Hearing's premium OTC products, Tala can be upgraded to a custom programmed prescription hearing aid solution.
• This is something that is unique to Lucid Hearing and our continuum of OTC and prescription hearing aid products," Griffin explained.

• This allows people who are Deaf to communicate with LFRS staff in their preferred language – sign language, regardless of their location.
• “I have used SignVideo by Sorenson twice in the last few months and on both occasions found the service very good,” said Kevin Hubbard, a community educator for LFRS.
• This pivotal development enables individuals who are Deaf to place emergency calls to the 999 service through the assistance of a Sorenson interpreter.
• "Sorenson is proud to partner with Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Services to make their service fully accessible to people who are Deaf,” said Jorge Rodriguez, CEO of Sorenson.

• Armed with two record players and a mixer, he created an extended percussive break while others rhymed over the beats.
• Well, that’s the origin story, although pinpointing the birth of a genre is never going to be an exact science.
• Below is a selection of the resulting articles, introduced by a key track featured in their writing.

1. ‘Rapper’s Delight’ – The Sugarhill Gang

• No history of hip-hop would be complete without this 1979 track by The Sugarhill Gang.
• But along with being an old-school classic, it also kick-started hip-hop’s global expansion.
• Read more:
  After 'Rapper's Delight,' hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real

2. ‘Planet Rock’ – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force

• Despite building on samples and influences from the past, hip-hop as a genre has always pointed forward – as this 1981 track from Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force exemplifies.
• Read more:
  Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

3. ‘Stan’ – Eminem, featuring Elton John

• But it was a pivotal moment in rap history: Eminem dueting with pop royalty Elton John underscored how hip-hop by the beginning of the 21st century had been accepted by the mainstream music industry.
• Moreover, it came at a time when Eminem was deemed deeply controversial because of his use of anti-gay slurs in his tracks.
• He noted that rappers are now having discussions over LGBTQ+ issues and apologizing for hateful speech in their earlier lyrics.

4. ‘You Came Up’ – Big Pun

• While hip-hop’s origins lie in Black American communities, Latino culture is also deeply woven into its story: from pioneers like Kid Frost and Big Pun to Bad Bunny, one of the most-streamed artists making music today.
• The genre was “my first love,” wrote Alejandro Nava, a religious studies professor at the University of Arizona.

5. ‘That’s what the Black woman is like’ – Arianna Puello

• Those social messages connected with Black and immigrant youths throughout Europe who themselves were searching for identity in countries where discrimination remains entrenched.
• Throughout her career, for example, Puello has used her music to confront the racism that she has faced as a Black female migrant in Spain.

6. ‘Move the Crowd’ – Eric B. and Rakim

• She argued that it became “hip-hop’s consciousness, emphasizing an awareness of injustice and the imperative to address it through both personal and social transformation.” One of the first rappers to use the phrase in lyrics was Rakim, who mentioned it in his 1987 song “Move the Crowd.” The song is a track on the “Paid in Full” album, which Rolling Stone once listed as No.
• 61 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

7. ‘LOUD’ – Wawa’s World