deaf and hearing impaired

Smartphones and video calls have changed how people communicate using sign language, New York Times reporter Amanda Morris says. Some signs are changing because they require gestures too sweeping to fit inside the small window of a Zoom or FaceTime call. “We have this box now, that you have to kind of fit the signs in,” Morris explains.

Tyler Gordon is deaf and has a Vitamin D deficiency, and when growing up, he used art to cope. The 15-year-old self-taught painter has gone viral for past works including a portrait of Betty White and another of Vice President Kamala Harris. Gordon talks with LX News Now host Jobeth Devera about how his art lets him “talk without speaking.”

In Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals,” Ridloff plays the first deaf superhero in Marvel’s “cinematic universe.”

This past year, life has not been easy for anyone. Lockdowns, social distancing, and mask mandates have taken their toll on us all. Now imagine for a moment you were someone who was deaf. Imagine you were someone who counted on seeing a person’s lips move to understand what they were saying. And then imagine all of a sudden...