Chavarria is deaf and lives alone. She said her smoke detector, equipped for the hearing impaired, alerted her to the fire. “She first noticed it when she ... [...] more »

Kids in an apartment next door woke up because of the fire and then woke their parents, who are deaf. The couple then went and banged on the door of the ... [...] more »

New smoke alarm uses strong smells to wake the deaf Wired.co.uk There are plenty of concessions made for the deaf or hard of hearing; free bus passes so don't have ... [...] more »

She's deaf, doesn't talk, and was in a special-needs school that collapsed. Early Thursday morning, with some help, he was able to find her. ... [...] more »

Baptiste, who lives with her husband and son, has been in the United States for 20 years and is now an American citizen. She has worked as a medical assistant in several hospitals, she said, and she also knows sign language for the deaf. She said she has gone on missionary trips to help deaf people in Haiti. [...] more »

"She found this little girl who was blind and deaf and was being led around everywhere she went. A hopeless little child," he says. ... [...] more »

Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesman Thomas Gilliland said the girl, who was deaf, disappeared Sunday morning. Gilliland tells the Houston Chronicle ... and more » [...] more »

A homeless man who was hit from behind and dragged by a train is hard of hearing and likely didn't know the train was bearing down on him, his friends said. [...] more »

A DEAF woman set fire to herself in the street following a bout of depression, an inquest heard. Patricia Lyn Lewis, who was known to many people as Lyn, ... [...] more »

Jasmine Jahan Zachery's family members said they are praying for the person who police allege caused her death. They are angry that this happened and hurt because of their loss. Tracey Ellis said Zachery was "a quiet soul but just a very good-hearted person." Ellis said she will remember her 25-year-old niece's smile the most. Zachery was killed in a car crash early Tuesday morning... Zachery's family said she was deaf but independent and she enjoyed life. [...] more »

Maya Ghimire, his mother told this scribe, “My son who is also dumb and deaf had not harmed anyone. He was shot at only for running away from the security ... [...] more »

What a shaker! Alarm saves Chorley couple Lancashire Telegraph 3, who is profoundly deaf, was alerted to the blaze by a vibrating smoke alarm pad placed under her pillow. She then woke her husband Bill ... [...] more »

“He was an ordinary deaf person, he did not stop when the police asked him to keep away from the checkpost. The police took him as a suicide attacker and shot him,” the sources told Daily Times. [...] more »

A 15-year-old deaf girl was thrown from a bus and died instantly yesterday afternoon during a traffic accident in the Nassau Village area, police reported. According to Superintendent Stephen Dean, the accident happened when a white 1995 Dodge Ram slammed into a Centre for the Deaf mini van, which was transporting eight deaf children to their homes. [...] more »

A mother rushed to rescue her deaf daughter as their east side apartment went up in flames early Monday. Jodi Reynolds and her daughter ... [...] more »