Future deaf Americans could do a lot less signing and a lot more speaking. Cuts in Indiana could slash budgets for state schools for the deaf, forcing some children to attend "mainstream" schools, ...
Children who are deaf or hard of hearing may experience higher rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) than their ...
In a darkened room in Rochester, N.Y., a baby girl in a pink onesie peers at a computer screen. Wherever she looks, an eye tracker follows — recording her gaze patterns for future analysis. The baby, ...
In a typical classroom at Sacramento State, the words “poop,” “diaper,” “bathroom” and other potty language are seldom heard. But this is not a typical classroom. “Promoting Rich Accessible Language ...
Poor literacy skills have plagued the deaf and hard of hearing community for decades. The median literacy rates of deaf high school graduates have languished at a fourth-grade level since the turn of ...
I swear, the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness (CEID) in Berkeley never ceases to amaze me. Founded in 1980 by Jill Ellis and Mary Molcavage, it’s based on an obvious fact that many people don ...
TEXAS (KXAN) — After several years of working as a deaf education teacher, Texan Karlie Waldrip is teaching sign language to a new generation of readers, all with the assistance of her pup, Rhett.
YOUNGSTOWN — There’s a mantra Mackenzie Goranitis brings to her job every day: “a deaf person can do anything a hearing person can do … except hear.” She is the deaf and hard of hearing support ...
According to a survey by a local non-profit organization, 35,000 children and adults have partially or completely lost their hearing during the two years of war that followed the Hamas attack in ...
A unique opportunity to socialize, support each other, and share in the joy of baseball. The Iowa Baseball Camp for the Deaf is an opportunity for children in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community to ...
PLANO, Texas — "I just worry. I really worry," said Katrina Christensen, a Collin County mother. Christensen is a mother of four. Two of her children, Jack and Luke, were born deaf. She and her ...