An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

How do deaf people enjoy concerts? ASL rock stars Amber Galloway and Julian Ortiz are sign language interpreters for live ...

For many athletes, sports are about competition, teamwork and discipline. However, within the Deaf community, sports represent something deeper — a space where language, culture and identity are fully ...

IUP Sign Club members attended Sign-a-Thon over the weekend, an annual deaf convention where individuals come together to ...

Reliable communication has always been one of the biggest challenges for K–12 education, both in the classroom and across the school community. But that’s starting to change.

When Deaf and hard of hearing children experience trauma, their families have a place to turn for help: Gallaudet's Deaf and ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

A new study finds that mother-child brainwave synchronization remains just as strong in a second language, supporting healthy bonding in bilingual families.

Pet soundboards allow our four-legged friends to press buttons and express themselves in human language. But is it real? UC ...

The second graders began learning American Sign Language after attending an assembly where they learned some students in their building have hearing loss.

Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers.