YOUNGSTOWN — There’s a mantra Mackenzie Goranitis brings to her job every day: “a deaf person can do anything a hearing person can do … except hear.” She is the deaf and hard of hearing support ...
An increasing number of deaf and hard-of-hearing kids in the U.S. are receiving cochlear implants – electrical conductors surgically inserted into the inner ear to stimulate the nerve responsible for ...
Read this story, translated into American Sign Language by Rae Heller, on YouTube. When Patricia Lambert started her recovery in 2004, she went to Alcoholics Anonymous every day. The goal was 90 days ...
This year, Missouri became one of five states to devote substantial resources to residents who are Deaf-Blind; in other words, who are living with both hearing and vision loss. (The term is generally ...
Jake Holland says Deafconnect, which has announced its closure, helps give deaf people equal rights.
FRESNO, Calif. -- Face masks are being used to help slow down the spread of COVID-19, but they're creating a unique issue for the deaf community - one that a Fresno woman is hoping to help with. Rosa ...
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $399,986, three-year grant to RIT’s College of Science and National Technical Institute for the Deaf to develop up to 10 supplemental online learning ...
Following the celebration of its 25th anniversary earlier this week, Nikki Dhillon Keane, founder of Signs of Hope, offers a personal reflection on the evolution of our counselling service for the ...
Student Graci Dietrich chose RIT because she wanted to be part of a university where Deaf culture is celebrated. She is one of nearly 1,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing students supported by RIT’s ...
Sadie VanAllen thought she was giving her kids a shot at a better life when she moved from a two-bedroom apartment to a three-bedroom house on Yakima’s west side. The new place had separate rooms for ...