TranslationEver stare at a baby and think, “I wonder what my child really thinks about me…”? Normally you’d have to wait until they are around 3 years old to carry out such analytical and introspective conversations with your baby.  However, according to some people babies can communicate long before they develop the ability to talk….

Translation The parents of a hearing-disabled boy received a heartwarming holiday gift from a mall Santa Claus who unexpectedly managed to communicate with their son. Cameron Sylvester, 3, requires two hearing aids due to auditory neuropathy, his father told WCVB. The family recently went to a mall southwest of Boston so he and his sister,…

TranslationFor anyone glued to their television sets during Hurricane Sandy (those with electricity, that is) surely Lydia Callis’ signing was as eye-catching as the scenes of carnage captured on video tape. If you missed Lydia at work, you can catch her in this clip. If you’d like to look for a positive note from this…

Translationby: Darleen Hartley Gloves with sensors are turning sign language gestures into the spoken word via a smartphone. Sign language is the way people with hearing loss are able to communicate with the rest of the world. A new technology is emerging for hearing individuals who don’t understand the special technique of talking with your…

Translationby Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer A group of endangered apes uses special keyboards to talk with humans at a scientific facility in Iowa. Their unusual skill is raising broad questions about language and learning, but a funding crisis threatens to shut down the unique experiment. One bonobo chimpanzee named Kanzi rose to stardom when…

TranslationThe book “Super Smutty Sign Language” by Kristin Henson has angered and caused protest amongst many members of the deaf community. by Cody Permenter An online petition has received over 3,600 signatures asking that the book “Super Smutty Sign Language” not be printed because many claim that the book promotes disrespectful attitudes to Deaf culture…

TranslationBy Sarah A. Spitz You might think that a play hinging on the essential nature of language would pose a challenge for deaf artists. But “Cyrano,” a world premiere collaboration between The Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre, has been extended twice, more than doubling the length of its initial run. In his classic 19th…

TranslationNew technology is bridging the gap between the deaf and hearing worlds. For years, engineers have tried to find ways to translate sign language into spoken words, and vice versa. Now, a new project may have cracked the code with a prototype device called MyVoice–a concept device that reads sign language and translates its motions…

TranslationLots of people get giddy following even the briefest encounters with a president. But one Washington-area college student was especially elated that President Obama understood what he was saying. Or signing. As first reported on Distriction, Stephon, a student at Prince George Community College, was standing in line after an event on energy policy with…

TranslationAt a recent developers event in Tel Aviv, a concept gadget was introduced that could help the hearing impaired communicate with those unfamiliar with sign language. Three developers, Oleg Imanilov, Zvika Markfield, and Tomer Daniel, have come up with a glove that interprets sign language and turns it into text using a custom Android app….