GRAND BLANC, Michigan — For a time, the cafe was almost empty and, despite one table full of chatter, silent. Kathleen Kinnee didn’t quite get the turnout she’d hoped for at her first Deaf Chat Coffee ...

Rochester Institute of Technology students are set to unveil a new video chat program that will enable deaf children across the world—even those in Third World countries—to communicate with one ...

One man's vision is to bridge the gap between sound and silence. Ryan Vander Weide uses sign language to help others understand Weide was born deaf in left ear; can hear a bit in right Deaf chat is a ...

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In a bid to broaden its services, GoAmerica Inc., a communications provider for people with hearing and speech disabilities, in the last two months has scooped up two of its competitors in the highly ...

I spent four hours chatting with the people featured in today's main story. I attended Deaf Chat at Panera Bread April 28. It was one of those stories where I wish I could have had a few extra pages ...

Lawsuit claims a Starbucks employee called the police to get a group of deaf patrons kicked out An employee laughed at a plaintiff%27s speech%2C according to the lawsuit Company says discrimination at ...

On the second Friday of each month, the Lafayette American Sign Language Coffee Chat meets over a cup of joe. Starting in 2007, the ASL group was designed for anyone fluent or interested in learning ...

Jeff Wright realized he had an aptitude for sign language when the class he attended to learn signing dwindled down to a private lesson. He’d barely even noticed. “We were at Chapter 17, and I’m the ...