Deafness Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: Watch your ears

There are two ways you could be listening to what I’m saying right now. You could be listening to me

What if your whole life was music and you suddenly went deaf? How would you deal with it? That’s the

Last day of fall. Winter is coming. Beyond that, here’s what I have for music news on December 20., 2018.

If you don’t think you need to protect your ears from overly loud music at concerts or through headphones, give

Cochlear implants can allow deaf people to hear, but they can never (at least not yet) replicate what a person

What happens when a deaf person receives a cochlear implant gains at least partial hearing? What is their relationship to

The sky is blue. The sun rises in the east. My bull terriers think they’re lap dogs. These are undeniable

On this day in 1997, Steve Jobs’ NeXT Computers merges with Apple. That worked out okay, didn’t it? Here’s the

A couple of years ago on a trek through Vietnam, I chanced upon a firing range where for a buck

Remember Harold Camping? He was the religious nut who said that the world was going to end on this day

If you still think it’s cool to expose yourself to loud music without any sort of protection, read this from

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver