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 ...

Think back to your favorite childhood TV show—was it “Blue’s Clues”? “Little Bear”? “Winnie the Pooh”? Animated TV shows are important for kids because they can teach them to read, draw, spell, and ...

This is the adorable moment a deaf three-year-old began teaching her 17-month-old siblings sign language. In the cute footage ...

When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their pediatrician reassured them their baby was a candidate for a cochlear implant – an electronic device consisting of an ...

Early learning centers in Tucson are teaching babies as young as six months old to communicate with their hands before they ...

ASL is a complete and complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body. ASL is the language of the Deaf community in the United ...

Students in Sacramento State’s Deaf Studies program now have a dedicated space to practice American Sign Language and collaborate with classmates. Representatives from the ASL Club, right, were among ...

Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

Students at UW-Madison gathered more than 2,000 signatures on an online petition fighting to preserve American Sign Language ...

The accident caused a traumatic brain injury that dramatically changed her life, leaving her struggling to speak. Before the ...

More than 31,000 people across the UK have signed up to learn British Sign Language (BSL) through a free online learning ...

Samantha Berlin is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on trends and human-interest stories. Samantha joined Newsweek in 2021. She is a graduate of Syracuse University's S.I.