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 ...

In a world where spoken language is the norm, sign languages empower deaf and hard-of-hearing people to communicate with clarity and confidence even without speech. There are hundreds of different ...

As tuition from the towns in which deaf and hard of hearing students reside is our primary source of revenue, critical needs include continued support for education generally – and special education ...

New research exploring how deaf and hearing preschool-aged children learn through interactive play with their parents is the focus of a partnership between Rochester Institute of Technology’s National ...

The Center on Cognition and Language, created in 2016, is the only center of its kind in the world led by a deaf director and staffed primarily by deaf researchers. Peter Hauser is a ...

The Bloomington-Normal Deaf Club is bringing holiday festivities to kids who often miss out on some of the fun the season can ...

One little girl in Dayton, Maine, has unknowingly changed the culture of her entire school when she became the first and only deaf student to attend. Morey Belanger, 6, was diagnosed with a genetic ...

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Michigan parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children will have new ways to track their child’s language learning progress under a new state law taking effect this spring. The law creates a new ...

Governor Greg Abbott appoints three members to Texas School for the Deaf Governing Board, including Heather Lightfoot, ...