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SignLab’s learning app brings sign language to deaf children and their families
- Published 2 December 2022; updated 21 September 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Available in Europe under Health and life science / Digital health and Education.
- SignLab’s digital learning platform teaches sign language online or offline and can be used independently or alongside classroom instruction. Lessons use video to teach hand shapes, body movement, facial expression and spatial representation; the company says AI features help learners retain signs. It is designed for Deaf children and adults, family and friends, teachers, interpreter students and other learners.
- The article describes access to sign-language instruction as a major barrier for Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and families. It cites claims that 90% of children with severe hearing loss worldwide do not attend school and fewer than one in ten parents of Deaf children know sign language. These statistics are article-era cited claims.
- SignLab said its users included Norwegian health clinics and Indonesian kindergartens. It reported more than 20,000 users in Norway and said it had launched in 2019 and received Norad funding to introduce the app in developing countries. Planned expansion in 2021 to China, India and Indonesia, and the forecast that those launches could reach over 60% of the world’s Deaf population by 2022, are historical plans/estimates; the page does not confirm later deployment or reach. Plans to expand to France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK are also presented without completion dates.
- The company’s stated approach is to work with local partners, schools, governments, businesses and grassroots groups in both lower- and higher-income markets. Linked to SDGs 3, 4 and 10 for communication access, education and inclusion.
- Contact: Endre Olsvik Elvestad, Founder, endre@signlab.co. Company: SIGNLAB AS, Kramprudvegen 141, 2636 Øyer, Norway; signlab.co. A phone-number reveal control is present.