Communicating with a person who has a hearing loss can be stressful for both parties. Even when hearing devices are used, proper communication strategies are essential for maximizing the experience.

Five years ago the staff at Ken Gan's auto repair shop told him they needed to find a better way of communicating with deaf customers. "I said, let me go shopping -- I'll buy you whatever's out there, ...

RACINE - The Sam's Club store here is one of three in the nation currently testing a new device that helps deaf or hearing-impaired people communicate. Company officials said the experiment will ...

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully "online first" publication. Our publishing model–"continuous publication"– means that all articles appear on bmj.com before being ...

The current class of NYPD recruits — 600 strong — learned basic American Sign Language as part of their training, enabling them to better communicate with deaf people during emergencies. Jessica ...

Megan Goncher describes some days in her life as a dream where she can see everything going on around her, but she cannot hear or communicate with anyone. This scenario is what Goncher, a 26-year-old ...

ATLANTA — Deaf and hard of hearing individuals on parole and probation in Georgia have successfully settled a lawsuit challenging the Georgia Department of Community Supervision’s (GDCS) failure to ...

Deaf women in the United States experience rates of domestic and sexual violence one-and-a-half times higher than their hearing counterparts, according to the Vera Institute of Justice. Whenever a ...

Urban Jazz Dance Company founder Antoine Hunter Purple Fire Crow, a Bay Area African American, Indigenous, Two-Spirit choreographer, director, producer and advocate, who is deaf, is on a mission to ...