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Around these parts, Christopher Caulfield is a bit of a celebrity. After 1,500 hours of speech therapy and intensive surgery, Christopher’s cochlear implants finally paid off — not only in the realm ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The deaf community has relied on a variety of technology like video call interpreters, captioned telephones and cochlear implants, a device that is neurologically implanted to ...

In Los Angeles, schools will now teach more children who are deaf or hard of hearing to become bilingual in both spoken English and American Sign Language. It's a new chapter in an old debate, as Kyle ...

The audiologist clicked a link on her computer screen, and 10-month-old Dennis Hill perked up. His eyes began to dart around the room. “Denny?” his mom said. “Can you hear me?” his dad said, as a ...

In 1987, at the age of 22 months, Caitlin Parton became very ill with meningitis and ultimately lost her hearing. Her parents, Melody James-Parton and Steve Parton, grieved over their daughter’s ...

In the debate over whether cochlear implants are a form of ableism or a life-changing medical device, we are overlooking that they are a personal choice and deaf people have the right to make their ...

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) estimates that nearly 30 million people experience hearing loss or deafness. Some use hearing aids and cochlear implants ...

Little Kavya was sitting on her mom's lap, shortly after undergoing a double cochlear implant procedure, when she suddenly heard the woman's voice for the first time — and the girl's reaction is ...

Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a... Kids with hearing loss will now learn spoken English ...

Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.