1. Hearing Loss and American Sign Language
It is not certain where the American Sign Language originated; it is true that it came to be more than 200 years ago from the unification of local sign languages and French Sign Language (LSF). ... Although similar to spoken languages, sign language also significantly differs from them in a variety of forms. ... Spoken languages are understood through ears, while sign languages are understood through eyes. ... From a physical perspective, sign language uses more energy and provides more exhaustion than spoken languages. ... In 1874, the German physician Carl Wernicke found that patients with ...
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