Moises, a Chick-fil-A cashier, surprised a 4-year-old who's deaf by using ASL to communicate — prompting Luca to sign his name for the first time.

mikroman6/Moment/Getty Images (Johnson); amtitus/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images (thought bubble) It took roughly eight years for Samuel Johnson and his staff of six helpers to complete the ...

Unlike other "languages," sign language—be it American or otherwise—is a visual language, and therefore, can take a long time to master. Here are some other things you might not know about sign ...

Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.

Abstract: Sign language (SL) is a vital mode of communication, bridging the gap between the hearing impaired and hearing communities. However, SL, despite its paramount importance, has received ...