Gene Therapy Allows Deaf Baby Girl Born With Congenital Defect To Hear Unaided, Offering Hope To Individuals Suffering From Hearing Loss

Medicine & Technology May 09, 2024

A deaf baby girl born with auditory neuropathy was able to hear thanks to a revolutionary gene therapy. Read to learn more.

Live-Captioning Eyeglasses Transcribe Speech Into Text, Aid People With Hearing Loss Converse With Others

Oct 11, 2023

A new type of eyeglasses automatically transcribes a person’s speech into text and displays them as subtitles. Learn more about it in this article.

3 Animals That Are Deaf or Earless, But Have Unique Ways To Survive

Jun 18, 2023

These creatures have unique ways of surviving despite their limited or fully absent sense of hearing. Read to learn more.

How Mandatory Wearing of Face Masks Makes a Deaf Man Feel Isolated?

Dec 22, 2021

Brad Kirby, a law enforcer from North Carolina, expressed his experiences and concerns regarding mandatory face masks on people with hearing disability.

FDA OKs 1st Fully Transparent Surgical Mask; Here's How ClearMask Can Help Deaf People

Nov 22, 2020

A company claims that its face mask is the first transparent one that received FDA-approval. If this is true, it can help deaf and other people with disabilities.

45-Year-Old Man Suddenly Became Deaf Due to COVID-19

Oct 15, 2020

COVID-19 can leave patients deaf, which only adds to the long list of complications that the deadly disease can give its victims.

YouTube Deactivates Community Contributions Feature Day After International Week of the Deaf

Sep 29, 2020

The deaf community criticizes YouTube for removing the community contributions feature that allowed channels to crowdsource captions and subtitles.

Understanding Sign Language Could Depend On Whether You Use Your Left Or Right Hand, Study Says

May 12, 2017

A study had revealed that right or left-handedness could affect people's sign language comprehension.