Demetrios Sanders is one of your Detroit community reporters. Connect with him at Demetrios.Sanders@wxyz.com. DETROIT (WXYZ) — Students at the University of Detroit ...

Bluetooth Auracast technology could be great for expanding access. But for now, hearing aids with telecoils are still ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — An innovative, new device is helping people who are blind or low-vision feel facial expressions. HapWare uses haptics or vibrations on the wrist to relay visual cues like gestures. It ...

Engineering and social sciences are widely considered to be separate fields of practice. However, all technology we develop has the capacity to shape the society in which it is applied. This spring ...

(TNS) — Sometimes traditional health care isn't enough to help people, but new technologies can make a difference, and Wichita State University wants to capitalize on that. That's why the school has ...

This sentence is illegible to some people, appearing as nothing more than a smudge on a screen. At least, that’s what it looks like to Phill Kirk, born with Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome — a ...

The first time Andrew Bellavia attended a live performance featuring a new assistive listening technology for people with hearing aids, he was blown away. He had become accustomed over the years to ...

The World Health Organization reports that about 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the global population, live with a significant disability. This figure is rising due to aging populations, as well as new ...

The NYS Justice Center is awarding $8.5M to non-profits across the state to continue providing access to assistive technology ...

Wichita State University has started the Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine and Assistive Technology to use technology to help patients. Think of things such as artificial limbs or other devices ...