Two college students have created a pair of talking gloves to help the deaf and mute communicate with the hearing world. University of Washington undergrads Tommy Pryor and Navid Azodi invented a pair ...

A post about a teenage son who "blew up" at his parents for not being willing to learn sign language to better communicate with their mute daughter has gone viral on Reddit, where it has received more ...

A revolution is in the offing for deaf and hearing-impaired people with scientists testing a new mobile device which they claim will transmit American Sign Language over cellular networks. A ...

Doctors in Shanghai hope to largely abandon the traditional method of teaching congenitally deaf-mute children by using sign language and eye contact now that modern methods of treatment have been ...

NANCHANG, March 14 (Xinhua) -- You Tianxiu, a deaf and mute woman, attempted suicide twice last month, once by taking pesticide, and the other time by jumping into a river. Fortunately, her family was ...