Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

Early learning centers in Tucson are teaching babies as young as six months old to communicate with their hands before they can say their first words.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Babies have a unique way of expressing themselves long before they utter their first words. To give them a head start, a daycare center in Mount Pleasant is developing ...

A mom who thought her toddler loved meeting a mall Santa discovered he was signaling for help after looking at a snap of his encounter. Kerry Spencer had taught her kids to baby sign before they could ...

Melissa Radigraff, who has been a program leader for three years and works with the infant classes, said she has seen reduced ...

A 17-year-old acted quickly when he saw smoke coming from an apartment near his mom's house. He ran to help two people struggling to escape the top floor -- including a woman who was deaf. Thankfully, ...

How often have you wished so badly that you could understand what your baby is trying to convey? When your little one cries, you know they need something, but you have gone through all the essentials ...

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