It’s a sign of the times. All businesses in the city would be required to post signs in English, under a proposed state law aimed at merchants who erect signs in foreign languages only. Firms that ...

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

Fingerspelling is a common communication device used in American Sign Language. Pictured here are the letters A-S-L. (Maddi Driggs) American Sign Language isn't always used within deaf communities, ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

Want to boost your brainpower, up to your communication skills - and even communicate with babies? Sounds like a superpower, right? Actually, learning American Sign Language allows you to do all that ...

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program, housed in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science at the University of Colorado! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community ...

New research is stirring fierce debate over the use of sign language among young deaf children who use surgical implants that create a sense of sound. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ...

Adam Schembri works for La Trobe University, and is a member of the Victorian Auslan Training Consortium. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Before we answer that question, it ...

It’s a classic New York experience. You’re riding the subway to work, and suddenly the train stops. The lights go off, and ...