After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

We would love for you to make videos to reach a hearing loss audience, the media rep suggested. “Sure, that sounds good,” I replied, “assuming the videos would be captioned, of course.” “But wouldn’t ...

Jenny was taught to sign as a baby, but she only learned the basic stuff — enough to get by. The Californian, who was born with auditory processing disorder and a right eardrum that doesn’t vibrate in ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Greater Nashua Mental Health (GNMH) is home to New Hampshire’s only team specializing in mental health and substance use care for individuals who are Deaf and Hard-of-hearing. Dr. Cynthia L. Whitaker ...