The sense of hearing is a significant ability and those who have the ability to hear often do not appreciate its benefits. The true importance of hearing is realized by the ones who do not possess the ability. For young children and students who have lived their lives...
Being social, in an earlier context, used to mean spending more time with friends or new people than to just sit alone at home. The term “social” has taken on a whole new meaning with the advent of social networking. Today, you can chat, share ideas and pictures with...
The most troublesome thing about deafness is the misconceptions many people have about it. Many are born with hearing disability, whereas some lose their ability to hear over a period of time. Some of the hearing disabilities do not completely deafen the patient. In...
The sign-language subculture is centuries old, with millions of deaf people across the world using it in daily communication. It is a language of gestures and expressions, and there is no common Lingua Franca throughout the world. Deaf communities in different...
Technological progress has touched almost each and every realm of life. Such products have been developed which allows speech impaired, deaf and hard of hearing individuals to easily communicate over video phone in real time with the help of sign language...
Almost ten percent of people are either completely deaf or hard of hearing. Hearing loss may come at any age and can cause frustration and isolation, as well as other more difficult emotions. Learning facts and statistics on deafness and sign language can be...
