The parents of an 18-month-old girl who can hear following groundbreaking gene therapy for deafness have said they are delighted with her progress.



Jo Sandy, a 33-year-old secondary school geography teacher, and her husband...

School children take part in a rally in support of British Sign Language becoming a recognised language in the UK, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, as the British Sign Language Private Members' Bill, introduced by Rosie...

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A recent decision by the New York City Board of Education has paved the way for deaf and hearing-impaired students to be instructed primarily in American Sign...

The Oscar-nominated short film "Feeling Through" is the first to cast a deaf-blind actor in a lead role.

VOICED: New technology could revolutionise career prospects for the deaf

15 January 2013

1. Wide of people having hair cut at hairdressers run by Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled (
KFPD)
2. Close-up of deaf German citizen Robert Grund, tilt...

AP Television

Tottenham, London - 1 June
2013
1. Various of deaf and hearing clubbers dancing at "Deaf Lo
unge" club
2. Various of partially deaf disc jockey...

HEADLINE: For deaf, wireless devices entry to hearing world

CAPTION: Life has profoundly changed for millions of deaf people during the last decade, thanks to technology that is now commonplace: texting. (Sept
. 20)
SOT (voice...

A Chicago hearing charity is bringing smiles and sound to hard-of-hearing children in Lebanon."Deaf Planet Soul" says its wants to "empower the deaf" around the world."This mission, we've been working on it for a long time now, it's our...

Paris, 26 September 2017

1. Wide shot David Hockney posing for photographs in front of pai
nting
2. Wide shot David Hockney posing for
photgraphs
3. SOUNDBITE (English)...

Chinese blind and deaf artists seize chance to shine

Several Russian athletes are facing hateful messages online for not publicly denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Newsy examination finds all eight movies up for Best Picture this year meet the diversity standards that'll take effect in 2024.

HEADLINE:Rare reprieve for Haiti's disabled slated to end

CAPTION: Some of the most vulnerable victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake of 2012 were the blind, the deaf and those missing limbs. But amid the tragedy, some of...

CLEAN : Mandela sign language interpretor a joke

The head of the British Deaf Association (BDA) said Thursday that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial ceremony was a fraud whose erratic gestures were a joke. CLEAN : Mandela sign language interpretor a joke on...

VOICED : Polish deaf blind race along in the driving seat

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