Sign language is not just for the hearing-impaired but also for family members to communicate effectively with their deaf relative. Believing that sign language is a complex tool of communication that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and postures of the body and is one of several communication options available to deaf individuals, PNCC Foundation offers free sign language classes for hearing impaired individuals and their families.
Like any other language, fluency happens only after a long period of study and practice. Parents are often the source of child’s early acquisition of language. A deaf child born to deaf parents, who use sign language, will begin to acquire it naturally the way a hearing child picks up spoken language form hearing parents. However, language is acquired differently by a dead child with hearing parents who have no prior experience with sign language. It is highly recommended for parents to learn sign language together with their hearing-impaired child.
Interested parties can call (02) 638-7386, 372-4434 or 0917-8665314.
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