Baby Sign

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Baby Sign

• Deaf - adj. partially or wholly lacking or
  deprived of the sense of hearing unable to hear.
  Loss gt 70 dB HL Impaired 15 dB HL
• ASL a visual gesture language, having its own
  semantic and syntactic structure.
  

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• Hearing loss is the most common birth defect.
• Todays technology Portable Cd players with
  head phones, loud car systems, construction,
  airplane noise has increased the hearing
  disabilities.
• It has become a popular trend for babies who have
  normal hearing capabilities to learn ASL.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v7gSZfW4gVhI

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Teaching Sign

• There are numerous programs from DVDs to
  computer programs to teach your baby how to sign.
• Make a sign for a word and use it every time you
  use the word.
• Sleep place hands to your head.

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Advantages of Baby Sign

• Increased kinetic skills creates new neural
  pathways visual and observational enhancement.
• Babies learn sign as early as 7 to 8 months.
• Studies have shown sign babies have higher IQs
  and advanced language skills.
• Happier people all around.

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Arguments

• Teaching children to sign will delay the speech
  process.
• Wrong!
• Sign Language is only beneficial.
• Chomskys Nativist Approach
• Cochlear Implants