What is the advantage of learning sign language if my child is already in speech classes and using a hearing aid and/or cochlea implant?
ANS: Remember, communication is a two-way street. The more information you convey to your child, the easier for your child to understand you. If you really want your child to understand you 100%, learn to sign. Let me use myself as an example. Since I became Deaf when I was 9-years old, I speak very well. I graduated from college with a 2.0 grade point average (GPA). My professors thought I was stupid. I learned ASL when I was 22-years old. I went on to obtain a master’s degree in Deaf Education (3.7 GPA), a second master’s in Special Education Administration (3.8 GPA) and a doctorate degree in Special Education Administration (3.7 GPA). Obviously I am not stupid. The only difference between my college years and my advanced degree years is that all of my teachers in my advanced programs signed, or I had an interpreter. I guarantee I would not be Dr. Angel Ramos if I had not learned ASL. Here is one other reason to learn ASL – it is the 3rd most used language in America after English an
