Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the ...

Growing up in Ethiopia, Zahria Ruper couldn’t communicate with her Deaf brother. But, life-changing experiences, including being adopted in the United States and learning American Sign Language from ...

Deaf linguists and professors consider the case for an A.S.L. “sign of the year.” By Sam Corbin Every January, at the ...

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke. By Sam Corbin Nobody talks, if they can help it, at the Sign Language Center in New York City. The practice is both instructive ...

The Interpreter Education Program (IEP) prepares interpreters for the A.A. degree (entry level) and the B.A. degree (mid- to advanced level). Students are educated in the practical application of the ...

Anyone who has attended a public performance or speech during the past few decades would not be startled to see a signer vigorously interpreting what is happening on the stage. The bilingual ...