Cedar fever is an allergic reaction caused by mountain cedar (juniper trees), often overlapping symptoms with an intense cold ...

The reason behind the common 'achoo' sound made when sneezing has been revealed, much to the surprise of many. The sound is ...

March 30th, 1987—21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film history. Her Best Actress Oscar for the role of ...

Marlee Matlin has won an Oscar, and she’s appeared in countless films and television shows. Yet she, too, has faced a common Deaf dilemma: how to claim equitable access to information, when one lives ...

April Wilson is responsible for teaching 36 students this school year—not squeezed into a single classroom, but spread among 19 school buildings in 12 districts across rural southern Illinois. For her ...

Making a phone call used to be one of the most significant barriers for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Traditional phones rely entirely on sound, leaving those who cannot hear or who hear only ...

Every September 20th to 26th, the world observes the International Week of the Deaf, commemorating the rights, struggles, and achievements of individuals living with hearing impairments. Deafness is a ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The International Week of Deaf People is being celebrated from September 22nd to 28th, focusing on promoting the human rights of deaf individuals through sign languages.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On “Sound Machine,” a track from the new album “Aloud” from poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie ...

Elise Nye, who is also deaf, is moderating an event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. There will be ASL interpreters to speak in English what Rachel Kolb and Nye ...

Deep into an evening spent on the set of the Sundance series This Close, Shoshannah Stern and Marlee Matlin started chatting while waiting to resume filming on a long dinner scene. The pair had ...

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