New digital storybook helps children to sign in 6 easy steps

GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia – Introducing Ben and Mia, children's new best friends, making sign language easy and fun for children to learn.

Almost 400,000 children have a hearing disability in the U.S., and they outnumber school interpreters by 41 children to 1 interpreter. Studies show children have a critical period of learning between ages 1 and 5 years where children are ready to acquire new language. This period is riskier for hard of hearing children, as if they don't communicate regularly, they can develop language deprivation.

That's why ProCare Therapy, based in Georgia, one of the coun...