Here are some tips published in The Hearing Journal, about making videoconferences more accessible. Sit in a well-lit space to brighten your face and avoid backlighting, such as light shining through a window behind a workstation. Eliminate background noise. Use a high-quality microphone, headset/microphone combo, or earbuds. When you're not speaking, put your microphone on mute to reduce background noise. Speak in turn and state your name before speaking. Project your voice

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image has posted footage showing a day at Austin's Texas School for the Deaf in the 1960s. The activities include students in the classroom, playing basketball, and in their dormitory.

One of the first deaf actresses to have a major role on a TV series died on this day (April 22, 2015) in Fremont, California. CBS Photo archive Audree Norton was 88 years old. A founding member of The National Theatre of the Deaf, Norton appeared on the CBS show Mannix in 1968 and later on The Streets of San Francisco and Family Affair. When she was cut out of a role just because she was deaf, Norton filed a complaint with the Screen Actors Guild. John Schuchman suggests in h