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Sign Language With People Who Are Deaf

Sign language can be communicated visually or tactually for people who are deaf-blind. It uses hand shapes, locations, orientations, movements, and facial expressions to convey meaning. Manual alphabets use different hand positions to represent letters and are used to spell names and words without signs. Coactive signing uses physical guidance of the receiver's hands to form signs, while tactile signing places the receiver's hands on the signer's hands to feel the signs. Proper communication with deafblind individuals starts by determining their preferred communication method and gently introducing oneself.

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Sign Language With People Who Are Deaf

Sign language can be communicated visually or tactually for people who are deaf-blind. It uses hand shapes, locations, orientations, movements, and facial expressions to convey meaning. Manual alphabets use different hand positions to represent letters and are used to spell names and words without signs. Coactive signing uses physical guidance of the receiver's hands to form signs, while tactile signing places the receiver's hands on the signer's hands to feel the signs. Proper communication with deafblind individuals starts by determining their preferred communication method and gently introducing oneself.

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SIGN LANGUAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO

ARE DEAF-BLINDTACTILE AND VISUAL


MODIFICATIONS

MR.SRINIVASAN
What is Sign Language

Sign Language is a visual gestural language


which is developed and used in every
community of persons with hearing impairment
for the purpose of communication.

Sign Language can be received visually or


tactually through the hands of the signer who
signs normally.
Parameters of Sign Language
* Hand shapes (open palm, claw, compact,
fingers together or apart)

* Location (origin of the sign i.e., above the head,


trunk, neck, side of the elbow)

* Orientation (where the sign / hand moves)

* Movement (slow, fast, repetitive, forward, backward,


upward, curved, left to right or right to left etc.)

* Non manual signs (facial expression, nodding,


blinking, movement of eye brows, cheeks,
shoulders, tongue)
Manual Alphabet / Finger Spelling
Manual alphabet uses a different hand/finger position
to represent each letter of the alphabet.
It requires spelling out each word and therefore is
directly related to reading and writing. It can be
received either visually or tactually by having the
receiver’s hand over the communicator’s.
It is seldom used as a primary mode of communication
by people who are deafblind but is more often
combined with sign language.

It is used to spell names and also for terms for which


there are no conventional signs
Kinds of Finger spelling

Different countries have different systems of finger


spelling.
American Finger Spelling require the use of one hand
Others require the use of two hands for spelling out
words. e.g., British Finger Spelling.
Coactive and Tactile Sign Language
Coactive signing and tactile signing are two different
types of adapted sign language used to
communicate with children who are deaf-blind.
Project SALUTE (Successful Adaptations for Learning to Use
Touch Effectively) defines coactive signing as the physical
guidance of the child’s hand(s) to facilitate production of a
standard manual sign for expressive communication
(Project SALUTE, 2002).

Project SALUTE defines tactile signing as a


communication method based on a standard manual sign
system in which the receiver’s hand(s) is placed lightly upon
the hand(s) of the signer to perceive the signs (Project
SALUTE, 2002).
Tactile reading of finger spelling
A Deafblind student communicates using Tadoma method
A Deafblind student uses Tadoma and Print On Palm
How to start communication
It is really an important factor to pay attention to
the way how we should start communication with a
totally deafblind child.

* First of all find out their style of communication


* Touch their back of hand with your back of
hand gently.
* Introduce yourself by saying your name sign
or showing your object of reference.

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