For millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals around the world, communication barriers can make everyday interactions challenging. Traditional solutions, like sign language interpreters, are ...

More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

We would love for you to make videos to reach a hearing loss audience, the media rep suggested. “Sure, that sounds good,” I replied, “assuming the videos would be captioned, of course.” “But wouldn’t ...

In this photo provided by Nissan on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, workers of Nissan's plant’s Paint Shop including John Johnson, foreground right and Michael Connolly, foreground, second left, pose for a ...

Gideon Firl portrays Jesus in a crowd scene from “Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film,” the first move of its kind to be produced in American Sign Language. The film will be released this month and shown ...

Photographs of Babs Haggin-Roy’s parents, Dorothy and Charles Sellers are seen as she talks about them and growing up with deaf parents at her home in northeast Cedar Rapids on Oct. 20. Hagin-Roy ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, it may be difficult to know where to find resources that can help. Bir Gurung was just 14 years old when he came to America. “I ...

There’s a scene in “American Idiot” when Will, a young man about to start a new life in the city with his friends, receives the unexpected news that he’s about to become a father. He gets left behind ...

Dubai has made history by hosting the largest virtual sign language class ever, earning a Guinness World Record with more ...

Jessica Burris knows if her dad could see her now, he wouldn’t have to say a word out loud. His actions would say it all. Her father, the late Terry Mason, would have held up a finger and pointed to ...

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) recognition systems often struggle with accuracy due to similar gestures, poor image quality and inconsistent lighting. To address this, researchers developed a system ...