Netflix's reality docuseries "Deaf U" reveals a lot about deaf culture that may come as a surprise to most people in the hearing world. One particular subset within Gallaudet University's diverse body ...

Sian Heder’s CODA, a movie about a Deaf family and their musically-inclined hearing daughter, sold for a festival-record $25 million to Apple at the Sundance Film Festival. If investor appeal equals ...

In the UK, 18 million people are hard of hearing – yet there is no dedicated centre for the Deaf community. Now urban planner and activist Amanprit Arnold has made it her mission ...

The landmark event introduced many hearing visitors to the stories, poems, sign play, jokes and traditions of the deaf community James Deutsch In front of a sculptural display of the , Festival ...

Isolation and social stigma are feelings that Leah Kalaitzi often experiences as a Deaf person, but when on stage, her comedic use of British Sign Language (BSL) allows her to connect with audiences, ...

Producer Nyle DiMarco, a Galludet University alumnus, wanted to show the diversity of experience at the school. It’s interesting to be a disabled journalist covering shows about disability; in a ...

The halls of Vincennes University's campus on the north side may sound silent to people who can hear. That's intentional. Students who want to become American Sign Language interpreters need complete ...

This segment originally aired Jan. 25, 2016, on VICE News Tonight on HBO. Today, more than 40 percent of American children born deaf receive cochlear implants. The technology effectively restores ...

Some fear that, by offering deaf people access to sound, so-called bionic ears could spell the end of the culture built around ASL. Years ago, the university where I teach made budget cuts to the ...

Interpreting Disability is a refreshingly honest look at real life as faced by people with disabilities. Its three essays preface an important ecumenical statement on the place of persons with ...

Canadian Hearing Services is home to the National Scholarship Program, the largest scholarship program in Canada exclusively supporting Deaf and hard of hearing post-secondary students, and to Hearing ...

When Nyle DiMarco got his start in reality television competing on America's Next Top Model in 2015, he quickly understood the identity producers were creating for him. DiMarco is stunningly handsome, ...