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What's so great about having email on the road?

Well, if you are deaf it is a real killer app.

I haven't given it much thought, but of course wireless pagers, SMS and email while on the road is a great advancement in technology for people who are hearing impaired.

Cell phone-size messaging gadgets like the Blackberry and the T-Mobile Sidekick have caught on quickly with the deaf since being introduced a few years ago, giving them freedom to move around and communicate like never before.

“I talk to my friends almost everyday with the pager. It is really great!” said Bryan Blaisdell, a deaf 15-year-old in Pascoag, R.I. He uses his Sidekick to message his parents for rides, and can stay in touch with them when he’s out, things that would have been hard or impossible a few years ago.

Freedom in a little box.

Wireless pagers assist the deaf

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