Anybody out there know about the sign language for impaired hearing people?

Question

I want some details about sighn language

Answer 1

Here are some facts about sign language. The main sign language for the deaf in the USA is called American Sign Language or A.S.L. It has it's own grammar structure and syntax that is not like English at all. An example would be in English we say "I am going to the store." whereas in ASL we would say "Me store". English: "That car is fast!" ASL "car fast!".

Facial expressions such as sticking the tongue out, popping eyes out, and many more animated facial expressions are actually part of the grammar structure which empasizes the difference between saying "He is skinny" and "He is very, very skinny like a toothpick."

There is another form of sign language used in mostly educational settings called Signing Exact English or S.E.E. That one signs in the grammar context of English. Rather than saying "Me store" in ASL, SEE would sign "I am going to the store." The purpose of SEE is to teach English skills to the deaf person in the classroom while ASL would be used to communiciate among deaf people in a cultural aspect.

There is third form of sign language which is not official but is common in the deaf community called Pigin Sign Language. This is a cross between SEE and ASL. Let's say there is a deaf child that grows up only using SEE and did not have exposure in the deaf communtiy until maybe college. This person would then modify their SEE signing to resemble ASL as much as possible but has yet mastered ASL due to habit or not yet being fluent in the language.

I myself did not learn ASL until I went to college, so spoken English has always been my way of thinking that when I learnt ASL and used it, I still could not get the ASL syntax down perfect because I still had a habit of signing with a little bit of English thrown in it. I signed PSE.

Sign language is not universal. Other countries and cultures have their own sign language that cannot be understood by other countries. There is British Sign Language, German Sign Language, French Sign Language, and so on. There can be identical signs found in all languages yet each one would have a total different meaning. American Sign Language has its roots in French Sign Language by some French educator that came to the USA and taught the deaf. I can't remember his name.

In ASL, you can say the entire alphabet with one hand while in BSL (British) they require the usage of both hands to express the entire alphabet, interesting ugh?

ASL is an official recognized language. Learning ASL in college does give you foreign language credit.

One last fact, many deaf people are infact bilingual, in English and ASL.

Answer 2

I have enrolled in a fall course to learn. I am a cna and learning this is both beneficial to me and the residents that I care for...I don't know much about it now but come winter I will!

Answer 3

You can't READ about sign language, you have to SEE it to be taught the different hand movements!

Answer 4

There is a book called the joy of signing

Answer 5

You need to take a course. What you need to learn, you cant learn here in a couple of sentences. Use your hands to make words. Its not so hard to learn.

Answer 6

If you want information, use the first link.
If you want to see some words or phrases, use the second link.

Answer 7

its, hearing impaired

Answer 8

http://www.google.com/search?q=sign+language+of+hearing+impaired&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

Answer 9

Can you be more specific?