Feb. 24, 2006 — -- San Diego mom Monta Briant is hands-on when talking with her son, Aiden. Since birth, she's been teaching him American sign language, even though his hearing is intact ...

People fluent in sign language may simultaneously keep words and signs in their minds as they read, according to an international team of researchers.

Toddlers don’t usually have the words to express their feelings. Sign language offers them an alternative to frustration or crying.

Tablet turns sign language into speech By some estimates, 360 million people -- that's over 5 percent of the world's population -- live with a disabling hearing loss.

The wearable device can also translate voice to text, transcribing spoken language picked up by a microphone into text that's displayed on the bracelet's screen.

Sign language interpreters worked at the concert. “So to go to a concert with an interpreter provided, they give me the words, the accessibility,” said Berman.

The first international comparative list of astronomical words in sign languages is now available. As part of this proposal, the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Astronomy for Sign Languages has been ...

Communication is the bridge that connects us all. Whether it’s through spoken words, written text or gestures, it’s the key to understanding and being understood. Language is the tool we use ...

Flores brought a picture of herself and her siblings and drew diagrams to show Gladys the American Sign Language words for brother, sister, mother, grandmother.

American sign language (ASL) is a visual language using hand gestures, facial expressions, and body movements, primarily used by the Deaf community in North America.

The Franciscan sister is now partnering with Vatican News to help bring the pope’s words to deaf people around the world in both Italian Sign Language (LIS) and American Sign Language (ASL).