Only the deaf can understand how I felt when my dog obeyed my spoken command."

VOA: special.2009.11.08

The next year Bell moved to Boston,Massachusetts, to teach at a school for the deaf.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Considered a hero in the deaf community, Parkin is competing in road cycling at the Taipei Deaflympics.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Only one who is deaf can understand the loving way I talked to my dolls,to the stones, to birds and animals.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

That measure freed the slaves in the rebel states of the South, though Lincoln's words fell on deaf ears.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

She never forgot these days. Later in life, she wrote: "No deaf child can ever forget the excitement of his first word.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

A bullhorn sounds indicating timeouts. But because the players are deaf, backboard-mounted lights also flash to insure the players knew what was going on.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

To ensure good communication with the competitors, officials and referees must also be deaf.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

That helps as the athletes meet deaf people from other countries;

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Green is go. And for example, in taekwondo or judo, when the referee calls a foul, all the lights will start shining" Despite the adaptations, deaf athletes do face additional hurdles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"You have to talk to them." They especially want answers about then Cardinal Ratzinger and his involvement in the transfer of a priest who abused some 200 deaf American children 30 years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01