Psychology & Psychiatry

Video: Babies are language sponges—even with sign language

Just like early exposure to any other language, early exposure to sign language will support learning language later, whether it's sign or spoken It's widely believed that the younger you are, the easier it will be for you ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

What sign language teaches us about the brain

The world's leading humanoid robot, ASIMO, has recently learnt sign language. The news of this breakthrough came just as I completed Level 1 of British Sign Language (I dare say it took me longer to master signing than it ...

Pediatrics

Many parents miss speech disorders in young kids

(HealthDay)—Many parents don't recognize the signs of speech and language problems in children, or don't know that early treatment is important, a new survey finds.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Software helps deaf and hearing communities interact

For most Americans, communication is an oral endeavor. We learn to speak and read through sound, to distinguish between hard and soft k's, to make the hiss of a double "s" or the slight lisp of a "th."

Health

Mental health problems twice as prevalent in deaf people

A Review in this week's Lancet says that mental health problems are about twice as prevalent in deaf people compared with the general population, and also reports disparities in access to and quality of mental health care ...

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