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 ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

Digital media is changing language — sometimes rapidly. We explore the example of American Sign Language. By David Leonhardt On a train ride from New York to Connecticut last fall, my colleague Amanda ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

The hidden history of Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language. Martha’s Vineyard is known as a salty escape, with a culture of its own. But few vacationers know that long before the ferry, it was home to an ...

Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...

Big Ocean, a boy band whose members are deaf or hard of hearing, has found success with a mix of singing and signing. By Ephrat Livni Like other K-pop sensations, Big Ocean sings, raps, dances and ...

It’s not always easy for Christians who are deaf or hard of hearing to find services and Masses, but some churches are opening those doors.

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. “Think of it as Google Translate for sign ...

This Margazhi season, for the first time in Chennai, more than 200 able, disabled and deaf children, along with the entire audience, performed together as an inclusive sign-language choir. Videos, ...