Teaching a child sign language for words like “more,” “all gone,” or “thank you” can make it easier for them to communicate and express emotions. Share on Pinterest Most children begin to talk around ...

Stephanie Stoll receives funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) . Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also ...

Laurie Achin is a master at studying a person’s facial expression, gestures, and body language to pick up the nuances that impact a message other than what’s being said aloud. Achin is deaf and an ...

American Sign Language (ASL) is the fourth most-studied foreign language on U.S. college campuses. ASL is a visual language that involves the precise use of the hands, body, and facial expression to ...

"It felt so free to me. You know, that was who I was. That was my culture." Fifty-eight years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, student J.C.

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America would ...

Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

Lauren Barrientos is a former contributor for Collider, who specializes in entertainment features and ranked listicles. Her work often explores nostalgic themes, film franchises, TV shows, and ...