Helbig, the University of Wyoming's heavyweight, is deaf. Although the redshirt freshman does use the cochlear implant in his left ear to hear during ... [...] more »

The first World Deaf Championships for U21 (players born in 1989 or after) are in Lublin, Poland, this summer and Seeber plans to join the team in June. ... [...] more »

The new fitness center, designed especially for deaf and blind adults, is located in the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind at 1050 Government St. “We are ... [...] more »

A dare-devil deaf and blind Redruth teenager will reaching new heights to help her school. Susie-Jo, aged 16 plans to abseil 140ft down the front of the old ... and more » [...] more »

Johnson, a sophomore at the Hawai'i School for the Deaf and Blind, is having a record-breaking year in the pool. He finished the 1-meter dive ... and more » [...] more »

"Silent Games," a film about the Israeli National Deaf Soccer Team in five-a-side soccer, will be screened at The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in ... [...] more »

We all know someone who's had to overcome big challenges to get where they are today, but perhaps none are as large as the ones Josh Ofiu has had to face. When he's not attending school in Washington, D.C., you'll find him fighting at the Alaska Fighting Championship bouts at the Sullivan Arena -- but it's taken a lot of time to get there. [...] more »

Lawrence plans to become the first deaf flight instructor for light sport aircraft. [...] more »

New York Sea Grant and the Boating Industry Association of Upstate New York are partnering with AURORA OF CNY to offer deaf youth boater safety training in ... and more » [...] more »

“It (his hearing impairment) didn’t bother me at all,” he said. “I was able to do what I wanted.” One of the things Reid wanted to do was to play ice hockey. He started with roller hockey at the age of 6, and by the age of 10 he had graduated to ice hockey. He was good enough to play on travel teams, including the Freehold Regional Independent Raiders, and then with the Freehold Township High School varsity. [...] more »

Crawley adventurer is first deaf man to reach South Pole thisiscrawley.co.uk Ian Berry, from Maidenbower, dragged a sled across 112 miles of ice to raise more than £30000 for the National Deaf Children's Society. [...] more »

Kris Martin was born profoundly deaf, but thanks to the cochlear implant and his own determination he became a race car driver and a role model to deaf children who gathered to meet him Saturday at the Western Fair's Agriplex for the CPT Racing Experience. [...] more »

Georgia cowboy Clint Thomas is one of 15 tie-down ropers who qualified for the International Finals Rodeo. He is like the other cowboys. He loves to rodeo. He loves to rope. He wants to be a world champion someday. But the 24-year-old IFR rookie also is different than the rest. He is deaf. Thomas has been deaf since birth, but it hasn’t prevented him doing what he loves and doing it well. [...] more »

It's music, rhythm, beats, loud, fast and completely synchronized, and that's exactly what Kelsey Voorhees loves about competitive cheerleading, even though the junior can hear very little of it. Kelsey was born deaf. Yet at a young age, she developed a passion for dancing. By the time she got to Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, the athletic teen wanted a new adventure. Kelsey went out for coach Alissa King's cheerleading squad. [...] more »

McBride, who is deaf, communicates using cued speech, which is somewhere between lip reading and sign language. A quick glance at Northwest junior Mac ... [...] more »