Bridging communication gaps between hearing and hearing-impaired individuals is an important challenge in assistive ...

A half dozen police officers gathered Thursday at an East Sacramento coffee shop, where they became deeply engaged in a silent conversation.The officers are among just a handful on the Sacramento ...

For many deaf children, this longing stretches across a lifetime. Yet, Echoes of Silence suggests that what begins as loneliness can be transformed into strength when embraced through sign language, ...

Each person has a skill that sets them apart from their peers. Some people can sing or juggle and others know how to dance.

Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.

It’s a few minutes before 9:25 a.m. when students quietly shuffle into a basement classroom in Dow Hall. While it’s not surprising that these students are quiet at that time on a Monday morning, what ...

Elie Wiesel, the Nobel prize–winning Holocaust survivor who died last week at 87, was a prolific author. He was an outspoken activist. He was a distinguished professor and lifelong student of ...