Hearing Loss: Deaf or Hard of Hearing and American Sign Language: ASL

How We Hear

Degree of hearing loss: dB Normal Limits 26 – 40 dB Mild HL dB Moderate HL dB Moderately Severe HL dB Severe HL >91 dB Profound HL

ASL a true language? YES!!! It has specific grammar rules (does not use the ‘being’ verbs, word order is different than English) It is dynamic…always changing and evolving However, does not have written form, but that’s okay.

Manual Alphabet Used for: – Spelling words that do not have a sign – Spelling words for which you do not know the sign – Spelling names of people and places – Brand names, sports’ teams, etc.

ASL Numbers 1-10

Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America And to the republic for which it stands One nation under God Indivisible With Liberty and justice for all

Sign Language Websites (This is one of my favorite sites; it has a little bit of everything.) (This is another one of my favorites. This sight has links for free ASL video lessons that are very good.) (This site helps you with the alphabet and fingerspelling.) htm (I use this site as a last resort if the other aslpro or lifeprint dictionary sites don’t have a word I am looking for.) htm