New Video Contest Announced by Sorenson Communications Business Wire (press release) “The goal of the contest is to encourage the creation of video content that contains sign language, is deaf-related, or contains representations of deaf ... and more » [...] more »

A final act features Lelani and her deaf friend Mandy. Lelani stops to pick up Mandy and take her to a mutual friend’s birthday party, but when she arrives, she finds that Mandy is not quite ready because she has been busy making peanut butter cookies The pair uses the opportunity to share a number of signs with the audience regarding the ingredients in the cookies. [...] more »

Forbes, 28, is a deaf musician and the co-founder of the Deaf Professional Arts Network whose partner is music publisher Joel Martin who owns the studio ... and more » [...] more »

Ranbir Kapoor won't have to learn sign language from scratch for his role as a deaf and mute character in Anurag Basu's film. The actor, who assisted Sanjay ... [...] more »

THE search is on for heroes who have helped significantly improve communication between deaf people. The Signature Awards 2010 are looking for people who ... and more » [...] more »

Karen Emmorey, a cognitive neuroscientist at San Diego State University, has been looking at how the brains of deaf people interpret American Sign Language. ... [...] more »

“I saw sign language as a way to reach out to the Deaf community with my music,” said Ibrahim, who works to communicate with all cultures through his songs. [...] more »

“Through Kan Ya Makan, he reaches out to the Deaf community, as his words and melody are communicated through the artistic American Sign Language ... [...] more »

But most astonishing, Stephania is deaf and speaks LESCO, the sign language of Costa Rica. Yet she's reading English and translating into a different sign ... and more » [...] more »

Hundreds of deaf children are now having to teach themselves sign language after the government axed funding for teaching positions [...] more »

It means parents, such as Charmaine Strickland, now struggle to teach their deaf children sign language. "We had no knowledge of deafness until our son ... [...] more »

Deaf missionaries: Is learning ASL in 9 Weeks possible? Yes, says blogger Austin, who is both deaf and a teacher at the Provo MTC, so he is in the nice ... and more » [...] more »

The best teachers use voice inflection, visuals, and pacing to keep their students attentive. Associate Professor Jeffrey Davis does more; he also uses his hands talk. Experienced in signing as an interpreter and deaf educator, then as a professor studying the linguistics of American Sign Language, his signing hands accompanied his lecture Friday at the Science Forum. [...] more »

When asked if NAISL was created specifically for deaf people, Davis supported the possibility due to the historically higher percentage of hearing impaired ... [...] more »

The Deaf Bilingual Coalition says teachers often don't have the background they need in American Sign Language. (Jonathan Hartford/KTUU-DT) by Ashton ... [...] more »