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 ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

The ASL and Deaf Cultural Studies immersion prepares students in the multi-disciplinary study of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture. Open to hearing and deaf students, courses address topics in ...

Wearable sensors could one day interpret the gestures in sign language and translate them into English, providing a high-tech solution to communication problems between deaf people and those who don’t ...

Post written by François Grosjean. All language scientists have a wow moment in their profession. Mine was when I was introduced to sign language and to the world of the Deaf. I was simply overwhelmed ...

How do you perform a play in English and American Sign Language simultaneously? Can that work? Yes. “I’ve always felt American Sign Language is not only a beautiful language, but it’s inherently ...

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, ...

CRESSON, Pa. (WTAJ) — A three-day conference focused on interpreting at Mount Aloysius College brought over 100 participants from eight states. According to the college, the sixth Biennial Student-Run ...

225 East 23 Rd Street, New York, New York 10010 American Sign Language & English School State Median How American Sign Language & English School compares with other schools. (100 = state median) ...

At basketball games, theme parks, schools and businesses in Central Florida, sign-language interpreters bridge the gap between the hearing and deaf worlds. Florida has more than 3 million deaf and ...