The Lion Magainze, Spring 2003 (preliminary copy)
A Great Opportunity for Collaboration — New York Lions To Help Deaf Students
“The general public just doesn’t know about hearing loss, so we want to help,” said Poughkeepise, NY resident Bill Miller. “That’s why this was such a powerful key to bring so many together in a positive way. Together, we’ll accomplish some great things.”

USA Today, August 8, 2002
Hearing repaired Former Miss America hopes to enter 'real world'
It took her six years to be able to say her last name, and it may take her five more years to be able to hear. Heather Whitestone, a 29-year-old Alabama native, became the first deaf Miss America in September 1994. On Wednesday at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, she received a cochlear implant, a device that restores some level of hearing for those with profound hearing loss.

NY Times, August 3, 2002
Drug Agency Is Studying Ear Implants' Links to Meningitis
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating what appears to be an increase in meningitis among deaf patients who have had tiny devices called cochlear implants surgically inserted deep inside their ears to help them hear.

NY Times, "Arts/Culture" Section, July 18, 2002
Making Theater Accessible To People With Trouble Hearing
It was 2:10 on a Wednesday afternoon, and the lights had gone down at the Palace Theater for the first act of ''Aida.'' In a museum of Egyptian antiquities, a statue of Amneris, daughter of the pharaoh, was announcing in song ''the story of a love that flourished in a time of hate.'' To the right of the stage, just beyond the proscenium, on a black screen 14 inches high and a little more than 4 feet long, Amneris's words were being displayed in three rows of bright red electronic letters.

Newsweek, "Frontiers" Section, June 24, 2002
How to Recharge the Second Sense
Seventy-three-year-old Cora Jean Kleppe couldn't hear the gong of the grandfather clock in her living room, nor the bark of her little white dog, Whitney. When she went to the movies, the former schoolteacher from San Mateo, Calif., had to imagine the dialogue.

San Francisco Chronicle, "Chronicle" Section, April 18, 2002
Deaf advocates sue SFO
Action calls for staff training, monitors at gates
Advocates for the deaf sued San Francisco International Airport yesterday, claiming that a lack of signs, trained employees and equipment create a difficult and confusing experience for travelers with hearing disabilities.

ESPN Magazine, February 4, 2002
Now Hear This
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- "My name is Jamel Bradley and I am deaf," says Jamel Bradley into the camera. Only he doesn't say it, he signs it -- signifying with his hands what he would normally describe with his voice, so that all the hearing-impaired folks watching SportsCenter will understand.

People Magazine, December 21, 2001
Rush Limbaugh Can Hear, And Talk, Again
After telling his legions of fans in October that he was going deaf, Rush Limbaugh has apparently regained his sense of hearing after a successful surgical procedure on Wednesday, reports Reuters. "I feel great!" Limbaugh, 50, said in a statement on Thursday. "The surgery went smoothly and I'm looking forward to enjoying the holidays and returning to the air in early January."

NY Times, "Workplace" Section, August 15, 2001
Deafness Meets Its Match in Alter Egos
Like most trial lawyers, Kirstin Wolf has a ritual for courtroom presentations. She takes a seat at the counsel table, unpacks her Tumi briefcase, spreads out her papers and grabs a Uniball pen. But unlike most other lawyers, before addressing the court she first glances at the podium in front of the judge to make eye contact with her interpreter, Staci Noel.