Deaf Communication: Sign Language and Assistive Hearing Devices | Publications
Summary: The Disabled World list of publications on deaf communication, sign language, and assistive hearing devices comprises articles, research papers, and documents covering a wide range of topics related to hearing impairment. These resources explore various aspects of deaf culture, communication methods, technological advancements in hearing aids, and educational strategies for the hearing impaired. The collection offers valuable insights for individuals with hearing loss, their families, caregivers, and professionals in the field. Topics range from studies on how hard-of-hearing individuals perceive music differently and the brain's processing of hearing in crowded environments, to insights into self-taught home-signing in deaf children and the comprehension of chimpanzee and bonobo gestures by humans. These publications provide practical information, personal experiences, and the latest developments in assistive technologies, making them a helpful resource for understanding and navigating the challenges associated with hearing impairments.
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
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| What Is Makaton? A Guide to Visual Communication Discover how the Makaton program uses signs, symbols, and speech to support communication for children, seniors, and people with disabilities. | ✓ ✓ | 15 Feb 2026 |
| Gruv Button Retrofit: An Aid for Inserting Hearing Aids Gruv Button™ Retrofit is an award-winning, low-cost solution simplifying hearing aid insertion enhancing usability and reducing device abandonment. | ✓ ✓ | 9 Feb 2025 20 Jan 2026 |
| Hard-of-hearing Prefer a Different Sound When It Comes to Music Research reveals hard-of-hearing listeners prefer louder vocals and higher frequencies in music, suggesting new approaches for inclusive audio production. | ✓ ✓ | 22 Aug 2023 25 Aug 2025 |
| How the Brain Distinguishes Voices in a Noisy, Crowded Room Discover how the brain processes speech in noisy rooms and how this insight could lead to smarter, more selective hearing aids for better communication. | ✓ ✓ | 6 Jun 2023 18 Apr 2025 |
| Self-taught Homesigning Deaf Children Supports Universal Language Constraints Deaf homesigners offer a unique window into whether there are universals for how people use language to talk about ideas. | 3 Mar 2023 3 Oct 2023 | |
| Humans Still Understand Chimpanzee and Bonobo Gestures The discovery of gestures used by great apes provides evidence of intentional communication outside human language; over 80 such signals have now been identified. | 24 Jan 2023 25 Jan 2023 | |
| Struggling to Hear at Work Visualise Training and Consultancy takes a look at the challenges employees with hearing loss face in the workplace. | 7 May 2022 28 Apr 2025 | |
| New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Awareness Week The week of the 10th to 16th May, 2021, is New Zealand Sign Language Week (NZSL), a nationwide celebration of NZSL as an official language of New Zealand. | 11 May 2021 | |
| Hank and Emma Faye to Teach Children Sign Language, Inclusivity, and Kindness Deaf host debuts a new video series, Hank and Emma Faye, on KLRN PBS to teach children sign language, inclusivity, and kindness. | 31 Jan 2021 9 Oct 2023 | |
| Policy Changes Needed for American Sign language and English Language Learners American sign language and English language learners, new linguistic research supports the need for policy changes. | 11 Jun 2018 14 Sep 2023 | |
| Brain Processes Sign Language and Spoken Phrases Similarly Despite physical differences in how signed and spoken languages are produced and comprehended, neural timing and localization of planning of phrases is comparable between ASL and English. | ✓ | 3 Apr 2018 1 Oct 2024 |
| Free Hearing Aids Project Changes Lives For Deaf The mission of the Hearing Aid Project is to give low income individuals across the United States access to hearing aids at no cost. | 22 Jan 2018 12 Jun 2024 | |
| Brain Imaging Predicts Language Learning in Deaf Children Researchers create machine learning algorithm that uses brain scans to predict language ability in deaf children after they receive a cochlear implant. | 16 Jan 2018 | |
| Sign Language Comparative List of Astronomical Words List of signs represent collaboration between deaf communities, educators, and astronomers - the suggested signs are meant to engage the deaf community in scientific discussion. | 8 Dec 2017 17 Sep 2023 | |
| Sign Language May Offer Answer to Meaning of Music Analysis concludes we may gain some insights by looking at sign language as to how we detect the meaning of music. | 16 Aug 2017 17 Sep 2023 | |
| Human Brain Tunes Into Visual Rhythms in Sign Language Study reveals that the human brain entrains depending on the information in the signal - not on the differences between seeing and hearing. | 9 Jun 2017 13 Mar 2021 | |
| Left vs Right-Handed Sign Language Comprehension Speed University of Birmingham study shows sign language understanding speed varies based on whether signers and viewers share left or right hand dominance. | ✓ ✓ | 9 May 2017 17 Jan 2026 |
| Indian Sign Language Dictionary in India Government of India dictionary aims to bring together various sign languages used by people with speech and hearing impairments. | 22 Mar 2017 12 Aug 2020 | |
| Certified Deaf Interpreters Now Available to InDemand Clinicians, Patients and Families InDemand Interpreting announces Certified Deaf Interpreters (CDIs) are now available on demand to health systems, clinicians, patients and families. | 3 Mar 2017 | |
| Study Into How Children With Cochlear Implants Learn Words Understanding how deaf infants with cochlear implants absorb information and learn novel words during interactions with parents to help improve parental guidance with language development. | 27 Feb 2017 1 May 2018 | |
| U.S. DoJ Awards $500,000 to Initiate Video Based Services for Deaf Victims National Deaf Service Line will enable Deaf victims of violence and stalking to speak directly with someone fluent in their preferred mode of communication via video phone 24/7. | 28 Jan 2017 | |
| SRV Canada Video Relay Service for People with Hearing Disability Video relay service (VRS) service launched in Canada to empower Deaf and Hard of Hearing community with tools to communicate and provide greater independence. | 29 Sep 2016 8 Oct 2018 | |
| Closed Captions on In-Flight Entertainment Systems Deaf and hard of hearing airline passengers will soon have closed captioned, on-demand in-flight entertainment videos. | 4 Feb 2016 | |
| Philadelphia Accent of American Sign Language Linguists at The University of Pennsylvania document Philadelphia accent of American Sign Language (ASL). | 6 Dec 2015 19 Jul 2021 | |
| Smart Devices Recognize and Interpret Sign Language New technology at Texas A&M enable smart devices to recognize and interpret sign language. | 1 Dec 2015 19 Jul 2021 | |
| Intonation and Sign Language: The Acquisition of Prosody in ASL Study finds ASL signers learn intonation in much the same way that users of spoken languages do. | 29 Sep 2015 14 Sep 2023 | |
| Scotland: British Sign Language Bill Passed Unanimously British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill passed by all Parties in the Chamber in the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. | 19 Sep 2015 | |
| List of Online Sign Language Dictionaries List of online free sign language dictionaries and resources for translating and learning sign languages including ASL, BSL and others. | 26 Jan 2015 14 Sep 2023 | |
| Infants Can Learn to Sign and Communicate from Videos Children under two can learn communication skills from video including sign language, and perform similarly in tests when compared to babies taught by parents. | 24 Jan 2015 | |
| Spokane Video Relay Service Interpreting Center Sorenson Communications announce opening of Sorenson Video Relay Service (SVRS) interpreting center in Spokane, Wash.. | 15 Jan 2015 | |
| MotionSavvy's UNI Close to Reaching Crowd-funding Goal The UNI device works without Internet connection to help Deaf and Hard of Hearing communicate anywhere at anytime. | 19 Dec 2014 24 Sep 2016 | |
| UNI Translates Sign Language into Audio and Speech to Text First of its kind device translates sign language into audio and spoken word to text, finally empowering the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to lead full lives and boundless careers. | 21 Oct 2014 8 Dec 2020 | |
| Wireless Cochlear Implants Researchers design a cochlear implant that can be wirelessly recharged and uses the natural microphone of the middle ear rather than a skull-mounted sensor. | 10 Feb 2014 6 Sep 2021 | |
| American Sign Language and Santa Claus The holiday season is upon us once again, yet there are many children who are deaf or hearing impaired who have never had a conversation with Santa Claus. | 16 Dec 2013 30 Aug 2021 | |
| Improving Cochlear Implants with Neural Sound Modeling Computer models of neuronal sound processing are driving advances in cochlear implants, improving hearing outcomes for people with hearing loss. | ✓ ✓ | 3 Dec 2013 17 Apr 2025 |
| Are Headphones or Earbuds Safer? Given a choice between ear buds and retro headphones the latter offers less risk of ear damage, providing they are used properly. | 27 Feb 2013 20 May 2021 | |
| MyVoice Translates Sign Language to Spoken Words MyVoice is a device that reads sign language and translates its motions into audible words. | 3 Jun 2012 8 Sep 2021 | |
| Deaf Awareness in the Workplace Just over ten years ago, Julie embraced and used her disability to help others by setting up her own training company, HearFirst, to educate service providers to meet the needs of deaf and disabled people. | 2 May 2012 15 Sep 2021 | |
| Cochlear Implants: Understanding the Benefits and Risks Cochlear implants: Benefits, risks, and key considerations for severe hearing loss, including surgical implications and long-term outcomes. | ✓ ✓ | 28 Mar 2012 17 Apr 2025 |
| Real Time Video Interpreting Services for American Sign Language LifeLinks now offers real time interpreting between more than 180 languages including American Sign Language. | 25 May 2011 | |
| Sign Language Interpreter for The Celebrity Apprentice - SignTalk SignTalk was so impressed with Matlin's inspiring message of focusing on abilities rather than disabilities that they donated $1500 to The Starkey Hearing Foundation. | 19 May 2011 | |
| Sign Language Users See Signs and Read Words Simultaneously If a sign language user is a bilingual juggler they might not respond to the connections between the signs and words in a conscious way. | 22 Mar 2011 | |
| ReSound iSolate Nanotech Reduces Moisture Related Repairs By 50% ReSound is now using a protective coating for hearing instruments that has resulted in a 50% reduction in moisture related repairs. | 16 Mar 2011 15 Jun 2013 | |
| Choosing the Right Hearing Aid: A Comprehensive Guide Guide to the most important considerations you need to take into account when you are considering buying a hearing aid. | 13 Feb 2011 12 Jun 2024 | |
| Sign Languages Help Us Understand Nature of Metaphors Various sign languages shows that certain types of metaphors are difficult to convey in sign language. | 11 Dec 2010 14 Sep 2023 | |
| How Healthy Ears Filter Out Echoes University research reveals how healthy ears naturally filter echoes through simple neural mechanisms, offering insights for hearing aid development. | ✓ ✓ | 26 Aug 2010 26 Sep 2025 |
| Ascent Online Hearing Test Free online hearing level test for accurate results in just 2 - 3 minutes. | 25 Aug 2010 21 Jan 2011 | |
| First Test of Sign Language by Cell Phone Deaf and hard-of-hearing students perform first test of sign language by cell phone. | 16 Aug 2010 | |
| ReSound Announces Alera - The First Truly Wireless Hearing Aid with No Strings Attached ReSound Alera is the first truly wireless hearing aid without cables wires or the need to wear uncomfortable accessories. | 6 Aug 2010 15 Jun 2013 | |
| First Sign Language Message from Space The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased. | 24 Jul 2010 24 Dec 2017 | |
| Online Baby Sign Language Classes MSHLive Brings Baby Sign Language Classes into your home via the internet. | 19 Jul 2010 | |
| Drug Restores Hearing Loss Study uncovers potential drug treatment for noise-induced hearing loss. | 30 Jun 2010 | |
| New Cochlear Implant May Further Improve Hearing New cochlear implant with more flexible wire inserted further into the inner ear could improve conventional cochlear implants. | 30 Jun 2010 9 Feb 2014 | |
| Sign Language for Emergency Situations Sign language for emergency situations is a communication solution for those in the deaf community. | 30 May 2010 28 Mar 2026 | |
| Captioning for Deaf and Hearing Impaired at Sports and Entertainment Venues Coast 2 Coast Captioning launches to offer captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing at sports and entertainment venues. | 18 May 2010 18 Apr 2024 | |
| HearUSA Rolls Out AARP Hearing Care Program Nationwide AARP Hearing Care Program from HearUSA is available to AARP members and is designed to help millions of Americans. | 12 May 2010 | |
| SoundBite Hearing System for Deaf Transmits Sound via Teeth SoundBite hearing system is a non-surgical removable device to transmit sound via teeth to help people deaf in one ear regain spatial hearing ability. | 5 May 2010 | |
| Multiple Brain Regions Wired for Language No single advanced area of the human brain that gives it language capabilities above and beyond those of any other animal species. | 30 Apr 2010 | |
| Accessible Phone and Video Interpretation Services Enhanced computer based accessible version of Language Line Video Interpreter Service. | 7 Apr 2010 9 Apr 2010 | |
| Study: Cochlear Implants Equalize Quality of Life in Children Study finds children with cochlear implants report quality of life comparable to peers with normal hearing, emphasizing benefits of early implantation and sustained use. | ✓ ✓ | 1 Feb 2010 18 May 2025 |
| Purple Enhances P3 Deaf and Hearing Impaired Communications Application Purple Communications text and video relay and on-site interpreting services communication suite for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. | 21 Jan 2010 12 May 2019 | |
| Free Video Relay Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing American Networks commitment to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing introduces a new VRS service to the TRS industry. | 5 Jan 2010 15 Jan 2015 | |
| Effective Communication for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Patients Laws prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities and requires hospitals to provide effective communication for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. | 15 Sep 2009 13 Jun 2016 | |
| Improved Lip-reading Training for Deaf and Hearing Impaired This research confirms how difficult the vital skill of lip-reading is to learn. | 10 Sep 2009 26 Jan 2018 | |
| World of Sound Speaks up on NICE Cochlear implants for profoundly deaf children and adults latest drive to raise awareness of the procedure. | 22 Jul 2009 31 Aug 2009 | |
| Cochlear Implants Explained: Surgery, Benefits, and Lifestyle FAQs Learn about cochlear implant surgery, candidacy, recovery, and benefits in this practical guide for individuals with hearing loss and their families. | ✓ ✓ | 18 Apr 2009 17 Apr 2025 |
| Sign-Tube - Sign Language Video Sharing for the Deaf Sign-tube is a dedicated video sharing web site for the deaf community to share news information and events with people across the world. | 1 Mar 2009 8 Jul 2010 | |
| Cochlear Implant Surgery Safe for Elderly Healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo a surgical procedure to receive cochlear implants. | 28 Feb 2009 30 Sep 2010 | |
| Devices Aids the Deaf Translating Sound Waves to Vibrations Tool for deaf people who rely on lip reading and can not use or afford cochlear implants. | 28 Feb 2009 5 Jun 2012 | |
| How Vision and Hearing Work Together in Speech Perception Peer-reviewed research shows speech perception integrates visual cues like lip-reading with auditory signals, creating inseparable multisensory processing. | ✓ ✓ | 11 Feb 2009 1 Feb 2026 |
| Teach Your Child Sign Language Teaching your child sign language can be helpful to communicate with a child as they are growing up whether they are hearing impaired or not. | 22 Jan 2009 19 Jul 2010 | |
| British Sign Language History, Facts and Grammar Guide British Sign Language (BSL) history from 1576 to present, including grammar structure, regional dialects, government recognition, and accessibility challenges. | ✓ ✓ | 20 Jan 2009 11 Feb 2026 |
| Learning Sign Language American sign language is probably the most popular and widely used by the deaf and it is not hard to learn but does take a little bit of time to master. | 20 Jan 2009 25 Jan 2014 | |
| American Sign Language: How ASL Works and How to Learn A practical overview of American Sign Language, covering its grammar, the HOLME elements, the manual alphabet, regional variation, and how to begin learning ASL. | ✓ ✓ | 20 Jan 2009 26 Jun 2026 |
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