6. Today my topic is
Deafness
“A hearing impairment that is so serve the child is
impaired in processing linguistic information
through hearing with or without amplification”
7. Fact About Deafness
• 278 million moderate to profound bilateral hearing loss
(WHO 2005)
• 80% of deaf and hearing impaired- low and middle
income countries
• Chronic middle ear infection is the leading cause of
deafness.
8. Sign Language
• Sign language convey by manual
communication
• There is no single sign language
• Sign language develop automatically where deaf
people live
• Hundred of sign language are use in the world
• Deaf sign language are not based on spoken
language of their region
9. History of Deaf Language
• Charles-Michel was the first person open the
school
• Sign language introduce in 17th century
• Sign language compose of hand sign, figure
spelling and hand position.
• There are 70 million people use sign language as
their first language or mother language
• Each country has two or more sign
languages
10. American Sign Language
• The first studies on ASL were published in the
late 1970s and early 1980s
• ASL is an official language used by people in
deaf culture
• It is not in written form or not a universal
language
• This language is poplar in hearing babies and
their hearing parents
11. Continue…
• The deaf people use different signs to
convey their messages and form
interpersonal communication
13. Telecommunication Devices
• Deaf people are used these devices for inter
personal communication.
1. Tele-Printer
2. Teletypewriter
3. Minicom
14. Types of Signs
• Adapted Sign: Sign in a very small space, usually at chest level
• Tactile Sign: The deaf people put his hand on other person and
feel the shape.
• Tracking Sign: Some deaf people with restricted but still
usable vision
• Tactile Figure: Make spelling with their hands
15. Other Signs
• Non-Manual Signs
Postures or movement of body, eyebrows, eyes, mouth
are include in non manual signs
• Sign Language in children
This language is poplar in hearing babies and their
hearing parents