We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

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 ...

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 ...

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

An illustration of scientist signing the word science The American Sign Language sign for ‘science’ is two closed fists with thumbs angled down, and each hand moves in small circles in opposite ...

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program, housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science at the University of Colorado! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community ...

It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...

American Sign Language (ASL) is the most common language used by the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, there are more than half a million people who use ...

Viewers who tune into the Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday will be treated to an unusual performance of “America the Beautiful,” which will be told, in part, through Native American sign language.

On TikTok and in virtual hangouts, a younger generation is sharing the origins and nuances of Black American Sign Language, a rich variation of ASL that scholars say has been overlooked for too long.