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Summary: A deaf individual will want to know whether you are deaf or hearing when they are conversing with you. Learn the basics of American Sign Language in this free education video.
Rachel Berman is a deaf graduate student at Gallaudet University studying audiology. Besides audiology, she is very interested in researching different ways people develop language...read more
"It's important to keep in mind when you meet a deaf person, it's likely that they'll ask you if you are deaf or whether you're hearing. That is just a typical part of deaf culture so that they know who in the room is deaf or hearing. It doesn't mean to separate the communities. It's just a way of identifying one another. If they know that a person is hearing, then they might modify their sign language to make it a little bit clearer for a new signer and it will be helpful to know whether or not a person is deaf or hearing. This is the sign for hearing. Deaf. Deaf. I am deaf. Do you sign? Do you sign? Have you signed a long time? Or did you just recently learn? I'm learning. Learning. You'll want to practice those signs. Practice. Will you repeat, please? Will you repeat, please? If a deaf person is signing very quickly, you might ask them to slow down. Slow down. It's too fast. It's too fast. Good job."
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