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Background. Deaf women encounter barriers to accessing cancer information. In this study, we evaluated whether deaf women's knowledge could be increased by viewing a graphically enriched, American Sign Language (ASL) cervical cancer education video. Methods. A blind, randomized trial evaluated knowledge gain and retention. Deaf women (n=130) completed questionnaires before, after, and 2 months after viewing the video. Results. With only a single viewing of the in-depth video, the experimental group gained and retained significantly more cancer knowledge than the control group. Conclusions. Giving deaf women access to the ASL cervical cancer education video (http://cancer.ucsd.edu/deafinfo) significantly increased their knowledge of cervical cancer.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]