Title: Levels of Visual Orientation Signers
1Levels of Visual Orientation Signers
Englishmonolinguals
ASLmonolingual
ASLdominant bi-linguals
English dominantbi-linguals
ASLbi-linguals
ASL CONTINUUM
2Levels of Visual Orientation Signers
ASLmonolingual
Englishmonolinguals
ASLdominant bi-linguals
English dominantbi-linguals
ASLbi-linguals
High Functioning Users
Low Functioning Users
Low Visual Orientation
High Visual Orientation
3Im ConfusedWhats the Difference?
High Functioning Users
Typical ASL signers who can understand and use
fingerspelling words
Low Functioning Users
ASL signers who has limited vocabularies / skills
and do not use fingerspelling words
High Visual Orientation
ASL signers depends or understand better with
visual description classifiers
Low Visual Orientation
ASL signers do not rely on classifiers that much
4 nineteenth century cure for deafness DEAFNESS.--I
F RECENT, TO CURE--IF NOT, TO RELIEVEHen's oil
1 gill and a single handful of the sweet clover
raised in gardens stew it in the oil until the
juice is all out, strain it and bottle for use.
Where deafness is recent, it will be cured by
putting three or four drops daily into the ear,
but if of long standing, much relief will be
obtained if continued a sufficient length of
time.