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Deaf Memphis minister
"I realized the deaf would understand a Bible story better through comic strips." Read the story here.
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BMW ad features Deaf Employee
Scott Carpenter oversees the detail department at the BMW dealership in Chattanooga. In a new commercial for the carmaker, he uses sign language promote getting the cars serviced by a BMW-certified technician. Watch the video on DeafNewsToday.com.
BMW Spot 4 HD from MMLabs on Vimeo.
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TN Hospital Settles Terp Suit
A Nashville hospital will pay $19,000 to a deaf man after failing to provide him with an interpreter during his time as a patient at the facility. Michael Gournaris spent four days at Baptist Hospital in 2010 after he suffered stroke-like symptoms. During his stay, the hospital only provided him with an interpreter for five-and-a-half hours. Hospital workers tried to communicate with him through written notes. Even though Baptist maintains it was working within the law and its own policies, it has agreed to better provide interpreters to patients like Gournaris, not to charge patients for those interpreters, to post signs explaining how to get an interpreter, and to train staff members on its new interpreting policies.
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Attempted Abduction of CODA
A teen ran home to her deaf mother when a stranger tried to pull her into a van Tuesday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. WTVF-TV has a video report or read the story here.
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Burglar Caught Because of Noise
Police in Memphis say a deaf man was caught breaking into a home because of the noise he was making. Here's a video report from WREG-TV.
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Student Dies on Vacation
A star athletes from the Tennessee School for the Deaf is dead. WBIR-TV has a video report posted below in DeafNewsToday.com. Or read the story here.
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Infant Drowns
The infant child of a deaf woman drowned in Knoxville Tuesday. Jennifer Tomko left Javin Collins alone in bathtub and found the ten-month-old drowned when she returned. Her neighbors called 911 and attempted CPR, but her baby was pronounced dead at East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
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