Long before my wife Claudia and I had our son, Rupert, 16 months ago, we’d already discussed the importance of bringing him up with both speech and sign language from birth (should he be born hearing) ...

Across social media, babies are doing something that has viewers completely mesmerized—laughing together as if they understand every babbled word. What started as a handful of clips has grown into a ...

How often have you wished so badly that you could understand what your baby is trying to convey? When your little one cries, you know they need something, but you have gone through all the essentials ...

PROVO, Utah -- Every year, hilarious photos of children with Santa surface on social media, but a woman's photo of her one-year-old baby using sign language to signal for "help" has gone viral. Kerry ...

Jenna and Matt Moench of Kearney had their first discussion about baby sign language about six years ago. That’s when the birth of their first daughter, Emmy, prompted them to decide multiple ...

Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on ...

Ensuring d/Deaf children become bilingual in sign language and English should be a key priority for policymakers and teachers because this plays an important role in their education, a new study says.

Before she could speak, Vivian Ostrander was telling her parents when she was hungry, what she wanted to play with and even naming items she saw in the grocery store. She did it through baby sign ...

Eylem Altuntas is a researcher at the BabyLab within the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development at Western Sydney University. Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing ...

The film "Total Communication" showcases a preschool class of deaf children using a method that combines speech, sign language, and other communication forms to facilitate interaction. It emphasizes ...

Parents of very young children, or even soon-to-be parents may want to take part in a new one-night class, "Baby Sign Early Communication," Nov. 11 in Mason City. The class will be held from 6:30-8:30 ...

When Catherine Marshall was pregnant with her twin girls, she committed herself to one thing: avoiding disposable diapers. That decision led the doting mom and her husband to discover elimination ...