A team of NTID students took top honors in a technology competition for their device designed to help deaf athletes. V-Sports won $5000 as part of the New Big Idea contest. Team members include:
business administration major Jeremiah Thompson
applied mathematics technology major Tyler Swob
accounting technology major Michael Della Penna
engineering technology student Shane Qualls
hearing and computer engineering student Ken Hertzog
The students tested their prototypes at Rochester School for the Deaf. Team Get Dancin’ won Second place. They pocketed $3,000 for an idea to open a dance studio for the deaf, where teachers would use sign language. The team was made up of:
graphics design major Nicole Hood
accounting technology major Nic Shaw
Master of Science Program in Secondary Education student Samatha Braidi
Third place and $2,000 went to team WaterSocket:
packaging science major Casey Jaeger
Matthew Hente
mechanical engineering major Richie Prilenski
Their idea is to create a waterproof cover for tcochlear implants using a super hydrophobic spray.
The competition was sponsored by ZVRS video relay service.
A team of NTID students took top honors in a technology competition for their device designed to help deaf athletes. V-Sports won $5000 as part of the New Big Idea contest. Team members include:
business administration major Jeremiah Thompson
applied mathematics technology major Tyler Swob
accounting technology major Michael Della Penna
engineering technology student Shane Qualls
hearing and computer engineering student Ken Hertzog
The students tested their prototypes at Rochester School for the Deaf. Team Get Dancin’ won Second place. They pocketed $3,000 for an idea to open a dance studio for the deaf, where teachers would use sign language. The team was made up of:
graphics design major Nicole Hood
accounting technology major Nic Shaw
Master of Science Program in Secondary Education student Samatha Braidi
Third place and $2,000 went to team WaterSocket:
packaging science major Casey Jaeger
Matthew Hente
mechanical engineering major Richie Prilenski
Their idea is to create a waterproof cover for tcochlear implants using a super hydrophobic spray.
The competition was sponsored by ZVRS video relay service.
Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard is holding an open forum for the Deaf community to share their concerns with him tonight (May 3) at 6pm. The meeting will be held at the Rochester Recreation Club for The Deaf.
A sorority will hold a walk to raise awareness for deaf and hard-of-hearing victims of domestic violence and sexual assault at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Heel Violence takes place at noon this coming Sunday (April 15) to benefit Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Victims. Alpha Sigma Alpha is encouraging everyone to wear high heels while walking the mile. For more information, go here.
When: The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) was founded in 1965, with the first students admitted three years later.
Where: RTID is one of nine colleges located at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.
Who: There are 1547 students. 587 faculty and staff. More than one-in-five of the students has a cochlear implant. Less than one-in-five of the faculty and staff are deaf or hard-of-hearing. The graduation rate is 53 percent.
How: $89 million yearly budget, including $65 million in federal funds.
A new video conferencing center was unveiled yesterday at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in Rochester. The equipment comes courtesy of California's Cisco Systems. The 14-seat room matches the audio and lighting in other TelePresence Centers. The donation, valued at $700,000, is specially designed to accommodate sign language interpreters. Engineers will use the system to study ways to have cameras focus, not just on the person speaking, but on a person signing. WHAM-TV has this short video report below on DeafNewsToday.com.
Deaf ASL users are more obese, have more family violence, and a higher rate of suicide than the general population, according to a survey by the National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The questionnaire was presented by video in sign language to 339 deaf adults. Nearly nine of ten participants said they have become deaf before the age of four. The results from this video survey was compared to the results of a random telephone survey conducted five years ago in the Rochester metropolitan area. Not all the findings were negative. The deaf community smokes at a lower rate than the general population (9% instead of 18%).
Here are some of the specifics: Deaf general population
Obesity: 34% 26%
Suicide risk* 2.2% .4%
Partner violence 21% 14%
*attempted suicide in the past year
Details are in the American Journal of Public Health which you will find here.
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