Isn sign language for deaf children?
Yes, but it was noticed many years ago that deaf children acquired signing skills at a much earlier stage than their hearing peers acquired speech. Once signing was introduced to hearing children it was found that generally their spoken vocabulary was much larger than those not introduced to sign language.
Related Questions
- Does this certificate qualify me as a teacher of deaf children, ASL/English interpreter, sign language instructor, or speech pathologist and audiologist?
- Can the deaf children of deaf parents who use sign language develop spoken language if their parents so wish?
- Isn sign language the "natural" language for profoundly deaf children?
