Ajai Chawla

A Classroom Without Sound — And Yet Full of Voices
Just imagine a school in full swing, but with no sound.  No morning bell, no teacher’s voice rising above chatter, no echo of recited lessons. Instead, you see hands moving frantically, children with bright eyes and expressive faces. At first glance, you may think the room is silent. But no, it is not. It is speaking — but just differently.

According to the World Federation of the Deaf, the deaf community worldwide exceeds 70 million members who use sign languages as their main form of communication. For millions of deaf children, learning begins with sight instead of sound. Today, four fields of study, including neuroscience, linguistics, education research, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), are converging to transform how deaf learners access knowledge — and how society understands language itself…read more on NOPR