ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Rochester community celebrated the first graduating class of the Deaf Community Emergency Responder Training Program, or CERT. This program provided crucial training for the deaf ...

Deaf patients face major gaps in stroke care, from poor ASL health literacy to interpreter barriers, undermining discharge understanding and emergency response. For many Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) ...

Courtesy of Deaf Reach Inc. This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. Bridging the ...

BOSTON -- Inside the halls of Massrobotics in Boston is a life-changing innovation. John Cunniff, who was born deaf and became mostly blind as a child, often needs a person with him in order to get ...

According to the World Health Organization, 466 million people in the world live with deafness, more than 5% of the world’s population. A consequence of being a minority is often they are ...

To combat these issues, as well as build a hub for hearing and deaf audiences to seek out the work of deaf filmmakers and forge community, Insolera has established the Deaf Movie Database. Similar to ...

Effective health communication for Deaf individuals hinges on the provision of information in visual and accessible formats, the engagement of skilled interpreters, and the cultural tailoring of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. The Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) is an agency in existence ...

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) estimates that nearly 30 million people experience hearing loss or deafness. Some use hearing aids and cochlear implants ...

ATLANTA — A case challenging the Georgia Department of Community Supervision’s (GDCS) failure to provide adequate communication access to deaf and hard of hearing people on probation or parole will ...

Members of the BYU Deaf community shared their thoughts on disabilities and how they related to — as well as felt frustrated by — Oscar Best Picture winner 'CODA.' The movie received the award at the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, it may be difficult to know where to find resources that can help. Bir Gurung was just 14 years old when he came to America. “I ...