A pair of 8-year-old deaf twins who were adopted from Ethiopia hear for the first time after receiving cochlear implants at an Oklahoma hospital. KFOR's Courtney Francisco reports. (NBC News)
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Every member of the football team CSD Eagles in Fremont, Calif., is deaf, including the coach. "They can talk to each other and don't have to create a new language...we may be at a disadvantage," said one opponent. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (TODAY)
From Fremont, Calif., 19 players and the coach on this small football team have brought grit and motivation to the field, using color coded signs and their own language to communicate. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (Nightly News)
A disabled dachshund is being hailed as a hero in Grady County, Oklahoma after the wailing dog alerted his family to an overnight house fire allowing them to escape the flames. KFOR's Lance West reports. (NBC News)
A band conductor in Sao Paolo, Brazil is teaching deaf students how to play musical instruments. He says this has helped improve the social skills of the children and their teachers say they have become more focused in the classroom. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)
Hunter Spanjer's parents say officials at his Nebraska school asked them to change the sign for Hunter's name, saying it looked too "gun-like," but the school is denying they ever made the request. NBC's Ron Allen reports and the Spanjer family talks about what the principal told them. (TODAY)
In a dramatic home video, Sarah Churman, a 29-year-old mother who was born deaf, hears her own voice for the first time after receiving a new hearing implant. She speaks with TODAY's Matt Lauer about the extraordinary experience. (TODAY)
A deaf couple, unable to hear a violent tornado approaching their Alabama home or the warning sirens that were blasted in their community, tell WAFF-TV's Margo Grey how they used their other senses to survive. (NBC News)
BP CEO Tony Hayward's act of contrition on Thursday yielded little forgiveness along the oil-stained Gulf Coast, where weather threatened to further delay attempts to stave off the onslaught of oil. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)