Does being born deaf lead to better visual skills, or does a lack of hearing make it difficult for deaf children to pay attention to the world around them? According to researchers at Rochester ...

The Center on Cognition and Language, created in 2016, is the only center of its kind in the world led by a deaf director and staffed primarily by deaf researchers. Peter Hauser is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2020, National Research Group (NRG) released a comprehensive look at Black representation on-screen. That study, which found ...

Researchers at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., are recruiting students for an unprecedented longitudinal study of deaf children in the first stages of learning to read, in hopes of ...

The neural architecture in the auditory cortex - the part of the brain that processes sound - of profoundly deaf and hearing people is virtually identical, a new study has found. The study raises a ...

Danette Roth offers a toy Tuesday to her son, Lance Roth, 10, at their home in Parkville, Mo. Lance, born deaf and nearly blind, is now able to communicate better after taking part in a Kansas ...

A new research study by the University of Bristol’s Centre for Deaf Studies will look at Deaf people's concerns about the advances of genetic technology. A new research study will look at Deaf ...

Adjusting to university life tends to be tough no matter who you are. But what happens when deafness makes the usual demands even more difficult? Deaf students or those who are hard of hearing need ...

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 ...

Researchers have launched a unique project to improve early diagnosis and management of dementia among Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL). The research, funded by Alzheimer’s Society, ...