LeFors grew up in a family in which everyone was deaf but him. He's using that experience to teach courses in sign language to U of L athletes, noting there ... [...] more »

"Hi," the 1-year-old said multiple times, waving and smiling. His parents - both deaf - didn't hear him. His father, Justin, can only hear A.J. if he's yelling right next to him, so he usually communicates using hand signals and touching. Justin, 30, smiled and waved to his son to say "Hi." [...] more »

During the session, host Ruth Navarra introduced 13-year-old Yulo, who was the inspiration for the book “Hands that Bridge.” The story is about a boy born to deaf parents. His story is part of Museo Pambata’s “Batang Bayani (Child Heroes)” series of children’s books. [...] more »

Though his parents are deaf, this is when Wann first realized that they would support him in whatever he wanted to do, even if it involved something that ... [...] more »

She was adopted by deaf parents in 1908 and quickly learned sign language. "My father was a very strict teacher. 'I want you to sign and sign correctly,'" ... [...] more »

I come from three generations of deaf people,” says Russell Harvard, the charming American actor, who was in the City to promote his film Words, ... [...] 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 »

Firstly scientist Joseph Garcia, who worked as an interpreter in the deaf community, had noticed how the hearing offspring of signing deaf parents began to ... [...] 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 »

Did you have a day job? I did have a day job. I was a sign language interpreter from when I was 17, but I don't do that anymore. Both of my parents were deaf. I grew up in a deaf household. I don't do any jokes about it really, but yeah that was my day job. [...] more »

At an age when most children are struggling with their first words, Mia Jones was already chattering away in sign language. The six-year-old girl has been using the language of gestures and expressions since she was eight months old and was as fluent as an adult by the age of three. Though she has perfect hearing, her parents Craig and Jacqueline are both deaf. [...] more »

As the hearing daughter of devoutly Catholic deaf parents, Malinowski learns to navigate the cross-cultural maze of the medical world and the deaf world, ... [...] more »

Hurwitz and his parents were deaf. Had no need for one. The boy with no phone assumes his post next month at Gallaudet, which is touted as the world leader ... [...] more »

An interesting study has found that the children of deaf parents who can hear oppose the right of deaf people to select embryos for deafness. ... [...] more »

"Hands of My Father," by Myron Uhlberg. The author was born to deaf parents in 1933, a time when the deaf were isolated and belittled. He writes of his deep love for them, but also his memories of becoming, when he was a small child, their link to the hearing world. It's a touching book, full of empathy for the boy he was and the wisdom of the man he became. [...] more »