The sign for 'I love you' in sign language looks almost the same, except with the thumb raised — the way Erika Kirk ...

For many deaf children, this longing stretches across a lifetime. Yet, Echoes of Silence suggests that what begins as ...

Erika Kirk made a hand gesture at Charlie Kirk’s funeral that confused many, interpreted as “YO,” “rock on,” or “ILY” in ASL, ...

Over the years, we've seen a number of experimental "smart" gloves that convert their deaf wearer's hand gestures into text and/or audible speech. The aptly named Sign Language Translation Glove, ...

When 16-year-old Amy Pruter listens to her favorite songs nowadays, she translates the lyrics into American Sign Language, her expressive hands giving the silent words a music and poetry of their own.

The anthropologist claims that the rulers carved on the 1,300-year-old Altar Q are not just striking royal portraits. The way ...

A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent ...

While we wouldn't say worthy devices at CES are rare, it's always welcome when we're dodging those middling tablets and iPhones cases scattered across Las Vega's premier tech event. Made by the ...

Laura Gardner still remembers how amazing it felt the first time she had a real conversation with her older daughter when she was a tiny toddler just learning to speak. Gardner, of West Bridgewater, ...