More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

Every year, the International Day of Sign Languages is observed to recognise the importance of sign language in preserving the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of deaf communities worldwide.

Photographs of Babs Haggin-Roy’s parents, Dorothy and Charles Sellers are seen as she talks about them and growing up with deaf parents at her home in northeast Cedar Rapids on Oct. 20. Hagin-Roy ...