Roughly 34 million children around the world are affected by some sort of hearing loss, including deafness. Deafness is a type of hearing loss that results in having very little to no functional ...

More people than ever are being exposed to sign language through Covid press briefings as interpreters work to pass on vital information Saamanta Serna describes herself as a Coda – the child of a ...

This year, National Week of Deaf People runs from 19-25 October. It's an opportunity for Deaf people to celebrate their community, culture and history, increase awareness of Deaf communities and ...

The Deaf flag is flying at RTÉ to mark Irish Sign Language (ISL) Awareness Week and International Week of Deaf People. Here, our friends at the Irish Deaf Society tells us more... The flag is the one ...

Anthony Sinclair, who has been profoundly deaf since birth, launched the initiative after receiving funding from a council ...

Melissa Malzkuhn started Motion Light Lab to create sign language learning and literacy resources for Deaf children—using emerging technology and storytelling. Melissa, who is third-generation Deaf, ...

In British Sign Language week See Hear's series producer, looks at the importance of television programmes made by deaf people in BSL. To understand the long and complicated relationship deaf and hard ...

A County Tyrone woman with a deaf baby said she cannot communicate properly with her son due to a difficulty accessing sign language services. Janine Boyd, 37, whose 10-month old son Mason was born ...

In a darkened room in Rochester, N.Y., a baby girl in a pink onesie peers at a computer screen. Wherever she looks, an eye tracker follows — recording her gaze patterns for future analysis. The baby, ...

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