PEORIA — Before they can wrap their tiny mouths around the words, some babies will tell you exactly want they want — if you know the language. Abbey Cook has spent the last nine years teaching sign ...

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

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

Marissa Lopez sat in a Del Mar College classroom and learned how to sign the word T-shirt. Lopez, 21, was one of about 20 people who have been gathering in the room every Tuesday to learn American ...

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 ...

New research is stirring fierce debate over the use of sign language among young deaf children who use surgical implants that create a sense of sound. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...