People who are deaf can learn to talk. Some deaf people may choose not to communicate using the spoken word. Instead, they prefer to use American sign language (ASL), a nonverbal language. Read on to ...

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Research involving hundreds of students at Rochester Institute of Technology will soon begin as part of a study to explore what makes the English language difficult for many deaf students. Gerald P.

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

Growing up in Ethiopia, Zahria Ruper couldn’t communicate with her Deaf brother. But, life-changing experiences, including being adopted in the United States and learning American Sign Language from ...

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Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.

The Athletic has live coverage of Eagles vs. Seahawks on Monday Night Football It’s not just that DK Metcalf is learning American Sign Language and using it on a national stage — it’s that, even as a ...

More than 90 percent of deaf children in the U.S. are born to hearing parents. For them, the path forward can be difficult and also controversial. The advent of cochlear implant technology has the ...