When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their pediatrician reassured them their baby was a candidate for a cochlear implant – an electronic device consisting of an ...

(WXYZ) — More than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents. And it may come as a shock to you to learn that the vast majority of those parents will never ...

Two dozen Williamsburg high school students traveled to Washington, D.C.’s Gallaudet University in May for a class field trip. They attended classes, participated in activities such as scavenger hunts ...

Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also mouthings, facial expressions and body posture to communicate meaning. This complexity means ...

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Born Deaf, Chennai-based Shraddha Agarwal built SignSetu — a bilingual Indian Sign Language (ISL) platform that helps Deaf ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Students at UW-Madison gathered more than 2,000 signatures on an online petition fighting to preserve American Sign Language education at the university after learning some ASL ...

Earlier, on Monday, Pradhan released a book compiling the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day addresses delivered ...

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has also released 55 scholarly works in classical Indian languages, including a Sign ...

The Modi government continues its fight against the Macaulay system, releasing a collection of literary works developed by ...

(WXYZ) — More than 90% of children who are deaf are born to hearing parents. And it may come as a surprise to you to learn that the vast majority of those parents ...