The invention of cochlear implants and other technologies have given many deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children the option to hear. What, then, becomes of sign language? When the world gets too ...

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House ...

The Deaf Awareness Week is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sign language, promote inclusivity and recognise the contributions of the deaf community. In a world where ...

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, ...

New research is stirring fierce debate over the use of sign language among young deaf children who use surgical implants that create a sense of sound. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...

You may know Nyle DiMarco from America's Next Top Model, where he was crowned the victor of the show's 22nd season, in 2015. You may have seen DiMarco demonstrate perfect rhythm on Dancing With the ...

A video showing Jane McCullough "babbling" sign language to her grandparents has gone viral on TikTok Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

A lawsuit has been filed by the National Association for the Deaf for sign language interpretation services to be restored at ...

Sign Language (BSL) is to become a bigger part of our daily lives with more of an opportunity for all to learn it and, in turn, opening doors for deaf people. BSL will be introduced as a GCSE in ...

A deaf 7-month-old Spanish Water Dog named Rafa learned how to communicate with sign language and perform tricks to sign language commands in just eight weeks. Owner Jo Lee Page said she first learned ...