Deaf News

The Chicago Park District builds upon healthy sports activity while including special programs for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Jamynne Bowle's English bulldog shows us in this viral video that a deaf pooch can feel the blues. The footage shows Bowle's dog dancing, rocking back and forth, in time to soulful twelve-bar blues from an acoustic guitar.

Brussel - A case involving two identical twin brothers who requested to be euthanized by doctors in Brussels prompted officials with the Belgium government to postpone a proposed amendment to the country's euthanasia laws.

A science team have developed a drug that, when injected into the inner ears of deaf mice, partially restores their hearing.

Although there is some commonality with the various hand gestures used in sign-language used in science there are also many differences, especially for more complex sounding (not to mention meaning) words and phrases. This could be about to change.

Grand Island - Three-year-old Hunter Spanjer is deaf. He has been told by a Nebraska public school to change his name sign, as it resembles a gun, or face expulsion.

A 29-year-old woman who was born deaf recently heard herself for the first time, and her husband caught her reaction on film.

Viagra is taken by thousands of British men, but doctors are warning men that the blue pill may actually cause deafness.

Hallandale - Two hearing-impaired men, who were out for a birthday celebration, were stabbed at a Florida bar when their sign language was mistaken for gang signals.

Some people believe those born blind or deaf are able to partially compensate by developing heightened abilities in their remaining senses. Others believe this is a myth. Who's right?