deafVP.com is Shutting Down After careful consideration, Sorenson Communications has decided to shut down deafVP.com website. More than five years ago, deafVP.com was developed and launched in response to the widespread use of videophones by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. The site was intended to be a resource to help deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals share videophone numbers and facilitate... 

Communication Access Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc. in Flint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy By Melissa Burden | Flint Journal December 11, 2009, 7:54AM FLINT, Michigan — A Flint-based organization that has served the state’s deaf and hard-of-hearing population for decades has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in hopes to keep its doors open. The nonprofit Communication Access... 

Fraud charges may nix Viable deal Prospective buyer mulls acquisition of Rockville deaf-services firm by Kevin James Shay | Staff Writer A spokeswoman for the New York company that tentatively agreed to purchase beleaguered Rockville deaf services business Viable said this week it is now “considering its options” after Viable president John T.C. Yeh, three other Viable executives and... 

Feds Crack Down on Call Center Scheme By Armen Keteyian (CBS) In a widespread scheme one assistant Attorney General described as “outrageous and insidious,” 26 people from seven companies in eight states were indicted Thursday for stealing more than $50 million from a government fund that provides video interpreters that translate sign language for the deaf and hearing impaired outside...