The United States is a culturally diverse nation. Over the past 30 years we have seen tremendous growth in the kinds and numbers of cultures as immigrants from many nations continue to

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Or a Hearing Man’s Adventure Into a New World By Sheldon I. Altfeld Founder & Former Owner of the Silent Network (1979 – 1990) Starting a cable television network for the deaf

The Silent Network began in December of 1979 as the world’s only cable TV network for deaf, hard of hearing and hearing audiences. All of the programming was produced in sign language,

Please e-mail us and let us know if you watched the Silent Network on cable during the 80’s and 90’s, who your cable company is (or was), and what city you’re in.

Some people have told us that the word “Silent” in our name is not exactly accurate.  Deaf people are just as noisy as hearing people, they say.  Well, obviously they weren’t aware