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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 ...

Over the past couple of decades, the world has evolved in a way that favors the hearing impaired, believe it or not. Whereas telephone calls had once been the preferred means of long-distance ...

Disability advocates say cuts to Deaf participants' NDIS funding is a "systemic" problem that reflects a belief that Deafness ...

Deafness creates significant barriers to speech development as it prevents the brain from receiving essential auditory feedback needed for learning speech. While cochlear implants can be effective ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last year, the Hearing Speech and Deaf Center was awarded $100,000 from health and benefits company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) to support health literacy programs for the ...

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 ...

After spending five days at a mental health hospital in October, Quinn West left feeling as though they hadn’t gained much from their stay. They spent most of their time in their room, finding group ...

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 ...