Deaf Seahawks Player Inspires Young Hearing Impaired Fans

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Deaf Seahawks Player Inspires Young Hearing Impaired Fans

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Seahawks player inspires young hearing-impaired fans.



FLANDERS, N.J. - Nine-year-old twins Riley and Erin Kovalcik were born with a genetic condition that left them partially Deaf. Last week, they saw a TV commercial featuring the Seattle Seahawks’ Derrick Coleman.



"I thought it was very touching because I didn’t think there was any athlete that actually could play that could be exactly hearing impaired like me and Erin," Riley says. "Like, I mean, seriously!"



"I saw the Duracell battery commercial. I remembered him saying he was bullied, and I was like, 'What? How is he a football player? I mean, he's really strong, but how does he let them bully him?'" Erin says.



Riley herself was picked on in school and was told not to play sports - a warning she ignored. After the Seahawks won last weekend, Riley picked up a pencil.

"Dear my inspiration Derrick Coleman," she says, reading her letter. "I know how you feel. I also have hearing aids. Just try your best. I have faith in you."



Their father Jake tweeted a picture of the letter, hoping Coleman would see it.



"I just wanted him to know how much he's doing for Deaf kids and little kids and all kids with disabilities," Jake says. "It doesn’t matter that you're deaf. It doesn't matter that you may have some other disability. You can be exceptional too."



That night, the Seahawks re-tweeted the letter. It's been shared and re-tweeted 2,700 times. ... Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaf-seahawks-player-derrick-coleman-inspires-young-hearing-impaired-fans/



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Monday, January 20, 2014

Deaf Seahawks Player Inspires Deaf Community

VIDEO: Super Bowl 2014: Seahawk's Derrick Coleman First Legally Deaf Player.



(ABC News) The fullback says he used other people's doubts to motivate himself to succeed.



The most compelling stories today really has to be star player for the Seahawks this gentleman his name is Derrick Coleman he's made it to the pinnacle of his sport. Despite being legally Deaf.



Here's ABC's Neal Karlinsky of the leader today news. Loaded in the NFL's Seattle Seahawks number forty will be the only player who sees the fans.



Fullback Derrick Coleman is the first legally Deaf offensive player in the NFL. And he wouldn't change a thing. Just who I am I'm not gonna let Dan Marino come here and tell me made me who I am today Coleman. Life story making in the unlikely star of this Duracell battery commercial that's gone by.



It couldn't be done. That I was a lost cause. The chilling and inspirational is no story it's Coleman's life.

He gave up until early on his hearing aids were a problem they just didn't fit or work right inside his helmet until his mother had an idea.



So a pair of pantyhose position and I kept them respect the hearing aid. I needed to help him.



Achieve his dream - He taught himself to lip-reading to get something he relies on during games if you weren't wearing your hearing aids and what what I sound like right now. I know you've talked it. But who basically all mobile from me he spends his free time visiting schools spreading the message that no one is perfect and no matter what the challenge.



Source: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/super-bowl-2014-seahawks-derrick-coleman-legally-deaf-21588954



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VIDEO: Captioned - Exclusive interview with the NFL's Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks.



(CBS News) - A television commercial starring Seattle Seahawk’s fullback Derrick Coleman is the latest Internet sensation. Coleman is the only athlete in NFL history to play offense, despite the fact he is legally Deaf.



Now, he’s getting ready to break one more barrier - the Super Bowl.



When the Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers, no one will be paying better attention than Coleman. “I have to be aware,” he told CBS News’ Bill Whitaker. “I have to be focused more than everybody else.”



Diagnosed with profound hearing loss, Coleman relies on lip-reading and his own unique way of communicating with the quarterback.



"He knows to look at me if he makes an audible at the line of scrimmage,” said Coleman. “He knows just tell everybody and just turn back at me one more time and he'll tell me the play." It's the way he's always played the game.

When the world tells you "no", you have two options: You can roll over and quit or you can trust your power. Derrick Coleman, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, trusted the power within.



Although he's Deaf, he never let adversity stand in his way, on his road to the NFL. Share to inspire others to trust their power within and achieve their dreams. #TrustYourPower.



He told Whitaker that he’s “capable of doing what everybody else can do,” despite his hearing loss. “You can't use your problem as an excuse,” he said. “Because you use an excuse, you're not going to get to your dream. “



He was taught that philosophy at an early age. To really know Coleman’s story you have to meet the parents, his mother, May Hamlin and father, Derrick Coleman, Sr. "You feel that uncertainty, that fear as a fear as a parent, you know, that, is my child going to be OK," said Coleman, Sr.. His mother told Whitaker that Coleman was “definitely teased, he was bullied” and kids would call him “four-ears."



“My mom always said people who make fun of you and are trying bring you down - they're already down. They're trying to bring you to their level,” said Coleman.



These days Coleman wears a skullcap to keep his hearing aids in place under his helmet, but as a kid, he had to improvise. ... Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaf-nfl-player-derrick-coleman-inspires-on-and-off-the-field/



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TMZ: Exclusive Interview With John Maucere

Thursday, February 7, 2013

TMZ: Exclusive Interview With John Maucere

VIDEO: TMZ - Exclusive Interview with John Maucere of Super Bowl XLVII National Anthem. Super Bowl 2013 Sign Language Guy - I Got Hand Insurance.



LOS ANGELES - John Maucere tells TMZ, his hands are just like Dolly Parton's boobs ... Jennifer Lopez's butt ... or Tom Jones' chest hair, so valuable they need their own freakin' insurance policy but there's a lot more to sign language than just hands.



John Maucere - who signed "America the Beautiful" and the national anthem at the big game was out in L.A. yesterday with his interpreter when we asked how important it is to take care of your hands as a professional sign language-er.



John raised his hands, joking, "I have insurance." He added, "Hands are important, but you should know American Sign Language isn't specific just for hands.

There's a lot happening on my face, with my mouth, with my body, the emotions, everything. That makes the entire language."... Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/06/super-bowl-sign-language-john-maucere-hand-insurance/

Super Bowl 2013 National Anthem in American Sign Language.

At the opening of the Super Bowl 2013, John Maucere interpreting the National Anthem in American Sign Language.



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LOS ANGELES - John Maucere tells TMZ, his hands are just like Dolly Parton's boobs ... Jennifer Lopez's butt ... or Tom Jones' chest hair, so valuable they need their own freakin' insurance policy but there's a lot more to sign language than just hands.



John Maucere - who signed "America the Beautiful" and the national anthem at the big game was out in L.A. yesterday with his interpreter when we asked how important it is to take care of your hands as a professional sign language-er.



John raised his hands, joking, "I have insurance." He added, "Hands are important, but you should know American Sign Language isn't specific just for hands.

There's a lot happening on my face, with my mouth, with my body, the emotions, everything. That makes the entire language."... Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/06/super-bowl-sign-language-john-maucere-hand-insurance/

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