Different Methods of Communication

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Different Methods of Communication

• ASL
• MCE
• Group Signing

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ASLAmerican Sign Language

• A manual visual language communicated through the
  hands and the face.
• A language which has its own language separate
  and distinct grammar from English.
• ASL includes the use of space and directionality
  of movement and inflections of signs.

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PSEPidgin Sign English

• PSE combines features of both English and the
  manual visual communications modes.
• Signs are connect to the English word order
• It keeps the use of space, directionality and
  inflection of signs the same as ASL.
• This can be use with or without voice.
• PSE is a combination of two different languages.

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MEManual English

• In ME the sign are linked together in English
  word order, and signs are primarily based on
  English spelling and pronunciation.
• The major component is seeing English on the
  hands.
• ME is a general term for sign language designed
  to represent the English in the gestural-visual
  form.
• ME may not involve the use of space, sign
  directionality, and other characteristics common
  to ASL.

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FingerspellingManual Alphabet

• 19 handshapes and two movements to represent the
  26 letters of the alphabet.
• It is used with all of the methods of
  communication.
• It can also be used alone.
• The Rochester Method involves the use of
  fingerspelling and speech together without signs.

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Rochester Method

• EVERYHTING is fingerspelledno signs.
• A method of communication which supplements oral
  speech with fingerspelling.
• It is not used today and a main educational
  practice.

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In Group Signing

• Home Signs
• School Signs
• Local Signs

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Home Signs

• These are signs developed and used by individual
  deaf family members.
• Or deaf child with hearing parents.
• These may range from near mime gestures to more
  sophisticated signs use only by family members.

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School Signs

• Sings developed and used by children in a school
  setting often because there is a lack of adult
  hard of hearing role models.
• These signs are not understood by hard of hearing
  adults in the community.

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Local Signs

• Also called regional signs.
• Signs that are somewhat like regional dialects.
• Like sandwich is called hoagies, submarine or
  hero

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Total Communication

• A philosophy of education which uses gestures,
  signs, fingerspelling, speech and auditory
  training.