IOWA CITY - When Abby Lewis' daughter Olive, who is deaf, has trouble understanding her, Lewis often points to her own mouth and overemphasizes her words' syllables. It's something she does especially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Justine Bate and her husband Carl modelling the masks, which enable deaf people to lip read. (SWNS) A deaf mum has been inundated ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – The communication needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities are being impacted greatly by COVID-19, which has lead to the use of a special face mask with a clear ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- Face masks are being used to help slow down the spread of COVID-19, but they're creating a unique issue for the deaf community - one that a Fresno woman is hoping to help with. Rosa ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Nobody enjoys wearing a face mask, but for those who are deaf or hard of hearing, masks are more than just an annoyance. Many people in that community rely on lip reading to ...

When Karma Quick-Panwala was pregnant with her second child, she didn’t anticipate relying on the help of a 17-year-old stranger, living almost 400 miles away, during her delivery. Quick-Panwala, who ...

Dylan Secord, who is deaf, had a problem with a self-checkout machine at the grocery store. Normally, Secord would have typed an explanation of the problem on his smartphone and handed the phone to a ...