Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

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.

Throughout the past decade, sign language interpretation has infiltrated hip-hop in a major way. Talented masters of American Sign Language have transformed their abilities to interpret rappers' ...

At one preschool, sign language is part of the daily curriculum, helping even the youngest learners communicate and stay ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

In a darkened room in Rochester, N.Y., a baby girl in a pink onesie peers at a computer screen. Wherever she looks, an eye tracker follows — recording her gaze patterns for future analysis. The baby, ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. “Think of it as Google Translate for sign ...

A video showing Jane McCullough "babbling" sign language to her grandparents has gone viral on TikTok Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

"Barbie (with ASL)" streaming on Max. This Barbie is making a more accessible movie-watching experience. “People keep asking me how did I prepare for my role, but I only played one role. You just ...

Personnel of the provincial government of Pangasinan are undergoing basic sign language training course so that they can ...

Deaf Dog Responds to Sign Language to Communicate and It Couldn't Be More Amazing originally appeared on Parade Pets. Dogs are incredible at adapting to challenges. Whether it's physical limits or ...