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How would you describe American Sign Language?
natural evolving language and natural communication system - developed in a community, has its own grammar, phonology, morphology & syntax and semantics and pragmatics - by people trying to communicate over time
there are regional dialects/variations
rules for lang & combining words
grammar
sound system/rules of pronunciation
phonology
structure of words
morphology
rules governing sentences
syntax
meaning
semantics
social contex
pragmatics
Is Signed Exact English (SEE I or II) a natural or artificial sign system and what is it?
artificial sign because it took english and placed hand signs into a different order and syntax
what system did ASL originally develop fro
french
what is structure of ASL
object subject verb or subject verb object
ball boy threw (the boy threw the ball
Visual communication system combines handshapes with mouth movements-aids lipreading
cued speech
Use of ASL and written/spoken English with ASL primary and encourages Deaf identity and culture’
bilingual bicultural approch
integrates speech, sign, fingerspelling, lipreading and more to facilitate communication
total communication
Focus on oral communication through auditory training, speechreading and speech production (often with use of HA’s and CI)
Auditory-Oral/Verbal Method
Complete natural visual language with handshapes, facial expressions, grammar, syntax
asl
why is cued speech helpful
just looking at the face cannot tell if it is one sound vs another sound; many sounds look the same on the lips and cannot tell what articulators were doing and if it is voiced/unvoiced so cued gives this
what communities use tactile sign languae
deafblind communities
Ushers disorder
What is codeswitching?
changing bw lang, modalities, dialects depending on the convo partners
changing language based on the listener or environment
bilingual of spoken and switch from english to spanish
someone who uses asl and spoken english as well
What do you know about communicating with Deaf individuals and use of interpreters?
speak to the PT and not the interpreter, do not change how you are speaking, dont over exaggerate or slow down the speed)
normal communication face to face with pt
Preferred terms Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing (not hearing impaired)
true
Medical model vs social –cultural model
social culture
deafness is viewed as something that doesn’t need to be fixed by the deaf community
medical
something that needs fixed, medical disability
why is preferred language not hearing impaired or hearing loss?
implies a disability that needs fixed
what are the differences in asl or the parameters
Hand shape, orientation, location, movement, non-verbal/non-manual markers
WH questions—Eyebrows furrow (yes/no questions eyebrows raised)
Others
Expressions
Body movements
how to show past/present/future in asl
towards back (past), close to body (present), going forward (future)