Deaf scientists and sign language experts have created hundreds of new signs for British Sign Language (BSL), including climate-related terms like "carbon footprint".

Developed by and for the deaf community, Silence Speaks can accurately translate text into British Sign Language (BSL). There are more than 150,000 BSL users in the UK. The model was trained with ...

This week is sign language week in the UK. As debate continues about whether British Sign Language should be taught in schools, See Hear series producer William Mager reflects on what signing ...

Sign language has experienced a surge of interest in the past couple of years. Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis wowed on Strictly Come Dancing last year - and the film Coda, about a teenager who is ...

Sign language has experienced a surge of interest in the past couple of years. Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis wowed on Strictly Come Dancing last year - and the film Coda, about a teenager who is ...

Sign language is used to communicate with those who are hard of hearing or deaf. There are a number of different types around the world, including British Sign Language (BSL).

Many people mistakenly assume that sign language is some kind of universal form of communication. In fact, there are over 100 different sign languages in the world today.

There are 11 million people with hearing loss in the UK, yet new research has revealed that a staggering 94% of Brits admit that they do not know more than two words of British Sign Language (BSL).

Thomas Braidwood (1715–1806), a maths teacher from Edinburgh opened Britain's first school for the deaf in the Scottish capital in 1760 and used sign language to help speechless pupils to ...

"For Daniel Jillings, and for so many of the 45,000 deaf children across the country who want to study a GCSE in British Sign Language, we need a proactive, positive attitude from the government.