MentalFloss has a video about the Deaf in a series called "Misconceptions." In one episode, four members of the Deaf Community offered insights on misunderstandings hearing people have about deaf people. Each of the four, Treshelle Edmond, Harold Foxx, Dickie Hearts, and Melissa Elmira Yingst "share some of the most prevalent (and weirdest) misconceptions people have about them."

Hair cells play a critical role in our hearing. When they are damaged, doctors say they act like blades of grass. When someone walks on...

The Rhode Island School for the Deaf was founded by Mary Ann Lippitt who was born on this date (Oct. 7) in the year 1823. Her daughter...

Hollywood Insider's Alexa Sutherland picks her "top five favorite films and television where American Sign Language is heavily featured."...

Greg Hlibok first entered the national spotlight when he was elected president of the Student Body Government at Gallaudet University...

Two members of the board of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance address what they consider myths about implants. Their five myths...

Edward Miner Gallaudet served as president (1864–1910) of the school that would become Gallaudet University. Edward was the youngest of...

Louise Fletcher, best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,  died on this date three...

On this day (Sept. 16) in 1973, the first deaf player ran onto the field for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Philadelphia Eagles....

Long before American Sign Language, Native sign languages thrived in North America. Hand Talk would become a major influential on ASL's...

September Is National Service Dog Month. Here is some basic information on ADA law and service animals. image: Creative Commons What is...

Gerald “Bummy” Burstein died on this date (Aug. 31) in 2018 at the age of 91 in Riverside, California. Bummy is worth remembering for his...

Barbara Kannapell died four years ago on August 11, 2021 in Washington, DC at the age of 83. Image from Gallaudet.edu According to the...

Casterline made a major contribution in the 1950s to a book that revolutionized the study of Deaf culture. image: Gallaudet.edu  ...

Deaf since the age of 4, deaf actor and drummer Bob Hiltermann was born on this day (August 1, 1952) in Germany, the 10th of eleven...