I read Lila Guterman’s article “The Silent Challenge” (March 9) with interest. I have been a cued-speech transliterator for 20 years, and I first thought that the article would be about cued speech. I ...

Evan Mercer delivered a high school graduation speech about overcoming deafness. May 30, 2014 — -- “Who could ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Evan Mercer last ...

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Britt Lower's Emmys acceptance speech contained a hilarious 'Severance' Easter egg On Sunday night, Apple TV+'s CODA — a coming-of-age dramedy about a "child of Deaf adults" — made history at the SAG ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An experimental vest could be a game-changer for the profoundly deaf as it allows them to "feel" speech. The VEST, which stands for versatile extra-sensory transducer, uses an ...

There’s a great deal of activity in the fields of speech recognition and the “Internet of Things,” but one natural application of the two has gone relatively unpursued: helping the deaf and hard of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An elementary school teacher from New Jersey brought a special friend with him to Philadelphia on Friday to teach kids that are either hard of hearing or deaf the importance of ...

A cochlear implant is an electronic device used for people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. They require surgery to be implanted, but you won’t be able to hear right afterward. The device ...

Kate Rowley receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She works for University College London (UCL) and has her own freelance business (Language Wise). I sat down to watch ...

“Since he’s a very smart dog, he picked up ASL quickly, which made it easier for the team to begin working on all the typical things puppies need to learn. That said, working with Sailor was ...