Friday, May 23, 2008

Voice of America tells world about deaf culture in USA


A West Virginia teacher and her
student sign the word ''turtle.''

Voice of America (VOA), the multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government, broadcast a report called "Inside the Complex Worlds of Deafness and Deaf Culture in America" on May 18.

It's an in-depth story about deaf culture that will reach VOA's estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.

You can read the transcript or listen to the broadcast here.