deaf with a lowercase d describes the audiological condition of hearing impairment. Deaf with a capital D refers to those individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing who “view themselves as a unique ...

ASL interpreters support students with hearing-related disabilities by listening in class and translating lectures and discussions into American Sign Language. They may also translate the student's ...

It was an experiment, just to see how much interest there would be. There was a lot. Jason Hurdich really likes coffee. He is also deaf, which makes ordering his favorites a challenge at times -- ...

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 ...

Students earning a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) are required to demonstrate intermediate level proficiency in a foreign ...

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 ...

On April 15, 1817, the American School for the Deaf opened. That date is now marked every year by ASL Day. Today, around one million people use American Sign Language (ASL) as their main way to ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

As new information is released every day on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, two women are in charge of making sure the deaf and hearing impaired community in Tulsa is informed. At each news ...

Translation was led by deaf people trained in the biblical languages. When Renca Dunn talks about having the Bible in her own language for the first time, she emphasizes the adjectives. In English, ...