Deaf

Islamist group campaigns against Christian West Bank school over hijab restriction on deaf student

The Popular Movement to Overturn CEDAW claimed that the Ephpheta Paul VI Institute prevented a student from attending classes while wearing an Islamic head covering.

Students walk through the school of the "Our Lady of Visitation" Catholic church in the Palestinian town of Zababdeh in the northern West Bank, on April 10, 2025.
Yehuda Greenfeld.

Israeli Grandmaster takes gold at World Deaf Chess Championship, secures spot at Deaflympics

ISRAELI SECURITY forces operate during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, May 3, 2026.

Group of deaf Israeli civilians rescued from heart of Nablus in unusual West Bank incident

Deaf actors using sign language communicate backstage prior to their performance "Luna Park" at the "Nalaga’at Theater" in the Tel Aviv-Jaffo port, March 18, 2012.

Knesset advances bill to recognize Israeli Sign Language as first language of deaf people


Hearing aids reduce the risk of death - study

Hearing loss is very common, affecting an estimated 1·6 billion people around the world, and its prevalence is expected to increase to 2.5 billion by 2050.

 Closeup of a senior woman with an electronic hearing aid in her hand.

Self-trained guide cat for disabled woman wins UK award

2-year-old Zebby won an award for his efforts in supporting his 66-year-old deaf owner.

 Larry the cat is petted outside Downing Street, following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 18, 2022.

Listen closely: Cleaning your ears with cotton buds can cause irreversible damage

Earwax acts as a protective barrier, safeguarding the ear canal against harmful viruses and bacteria.


Bats suffering from hearing loss can teach us about age-related hearing loss in people

The researchers found that the bats’ sense of hearing does in fact deteriorate with age, but at a relatively slow rate compared to humans and other mammals. 

 Fruit bats

German and Israeli researchers test novel titanium-air battery

Useful when compact size is important or in large-scale stationary storage systems

 Graphic illustration of titanium-air battery properties, in the style of the periodic table of elements

Israel’s Sign Now is changing the lives of deaf people

The Israeli company provides on-demand sign language, and even provided sign language services to FIFA for the World Cup.

 HILA ALMOG demonstrates live interpretation at the company’s Tel Aviv office.

30 hearing-impaired youth celebrate Bar, Bat Mitzvahs in new initiative

The Wednesday event started at Beit Knesset Nitzanim in Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood and then continued into the Old City for a tour and ceremony at the Western Wall.

 As part of its Judaic Heritage Program for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired, Young Israel in Israel, together with World Mizrachi and the Jewish Agency for Israel, helped thirty deaf and hearing-impaired youth from throughout Israel celebrate their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Jewish-American deaf teacher in Israel breaks through mask barrier

Masa Teaching Fellow Giselle Nissenbaum is deaf and relied on lip reading in her classes. But when COVID-19 forced people to wear masks, she started teaching sign language.

 Masa Teaching Fellow Giselle Nissenbaum.

Technion researchers print a functional ear implant

This new creation will hopefully prove useful for children born with microtia, a condition that results in underdeveloped, small or malformed ears at birth.

The Technion research team responsible for this new medical development.

Celebrating ‘CODA’s inclusiveness

Even before its Oscar and SAG wins, CODA received the Ruderman Foundation’s Seal of Authentic Representation award

 The cast of CODA hold their award for Best Picture in the press room during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, March 27, 2022.