When creating and reading captions for media and events, they are more than just text. It’s important that they are easy to read. Right font size, weight, contrast, type, placement are critical for readability – in the same way right intonation and articulation are important for making speech intelligible.
Today is 20 years since my first cochlear implant (CI) activation. I cannot believe how fast time flew! Also, I’ve been hearing with a cochlear implant for a half of my life! I wore hearing aids before that.
2018 has seen a lot of mainstream movies and plays where more great deaf characters were played by deaf actors which is wonderful. Gone are the days when deaf actors were given roles as deaf characters that were not displayed in the positive light.
