Dylan Craig was born deaf, but eight months ago, he underwent an operation and received a cochlear implant, an electronic device that stimulates the hearing nerve, enabling a deaf person to perceive ...

Delaware is building a new, state-of-the-art school for the deaf. But it arrives at a time when medical advances are enabling more deaf children to take part in mainstream education. Hearing implants ...

Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre Executive Director Neil McDevitt on apps, automatic captioning and ways hearing people can better work with Deaf colleagues. Neil McDevitt, Deaf-Hearing Communication ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shelby Bean could not help but feel a bit jealous. As a deaf football player for four years at Gallaudet, he called defensive plays with American Sign Language and dealt with other ...

Data from an eight-year survey of college students at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals are 1.5 times more likely to be victims of relationship ...

The limitations of telecommunication relay services are being addressed with the development of a new program that explores how to make deaf and hard-of-hearing users’ experiences with cellular ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. For the past 8 years, Dirk Schapeler and his team at Artificial ...

SANDS POINT, N.Y. (AP) – Tanisha Verdejo loves to surf the Internet for shopping deals. She chats on Facebook, learns about new recipes and enjoys sending emails to friends and family. Verdejo, who ...

Early shared reading experiences have been shown to benefit normally hearing children. It has been hypothesized that hearing parents of deaf or hard-of-hearing children may be uncomfortable or may ...

Deaf Awareness Week is a time to celebrate progress, spark conversations, and highlight the innovations that are making the world more inclusive. For the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, technology ...

Smart glasses remain a staple in the field of wearable technology. It's no wonder why many people continue using them at present. From virtual-reality glasses that allow the user to imagine how the VR ...

SACRAMENTO — Thirty years after prisoners with disabilities sued the state of California and 25 years after a federal court first ordered accommodations, a judge found that state prison and parole ...