Jan 6, 2012
Deaf toddler has a signed conversation with her mom
This is a perfectly normal exchange between a 2-year-old and her mom, except it’s in sign language…
(via Irene’s Internet)
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This is amazing. Are they both deaf? Language development at that age without sound is amazing to me. Very cool video.
I’m a sign language student (I’m hearing) and I learned that babies taught to sign will typically communicate 3 months earlier than babies who just learn to speak. It does seem interesting to us because all we know is all we know, but deaf babies whose parents sign will learn to communicate in sign because that’s all they know–it’s natural. Just like how we overhear our parents talking and start to mutter sounds. Fascinating!
I’ve noticed everyone’s mileage varies. We tried sign language with both our kids, and they ended up beginning to speak AND sign at the same time.
Also, they both learned sign language much better from other kids than from us trying to teach them. It’s like they don’t realize what we’re trying to convey, until they see another kid sign “more” or “please” and realize OH!! So THAT’S how I get more M&Ms??? Now I understand why Mom and Dad have been trying to get me to do that for 6 months.
Both of them, 1 boy, 1 girl, started talking & signing right around 14 or 15 months (I think that’s when it was with the first, harder to remember).
Yeah the baby is doing mutterings and single words the same way my 2 year old will say “Moon! Fly!” if he wants to communicate that he wants to fly to the moon. :D This is super cute.
My child is hearing but before she was speaking we used a few simple signs so she could communicate with us when she wanted more food or to tell us if she was tired, etc. It was incredible to me that she picked those things up and understood them so easily. The brain is an amazing thing.
I worked at a daycare and we taught the kids (12-18 mo.) sign language just to ease communication between the three teachers and 13 children and I agree with you its amazing! It also made meal time a LOT more simple, they could either sign “more” or “all done” and we would know what they wanted.
with both of our boys we used sign language for the basics: milk, cookie, cracker, water, help, potty, change, thanks you and the like. Both of them have perfect hearing but the sign language was immensely useful in helping us communicate with them before they spoke. Our four year old loves the show Signing Time and helps us remember words we taught him and teaches us words he learns on the show. Our two year old was talking to us through sign language well before he spoke.
I wonder what country they are in? It’s not ASL.. and that I find wonderful too- that sign is such a complex language with regional variations!
I noticed that too!
The video says BSL Dinner Chat so…British Sign Language.
Yeah, and at one point she said ‘pram,’ so they’re British.
My 2 brother-in-laws were born hard of hearing (can hear low tones) but they & their parents didn’t know it until they had to take French in high school. This was because they naturally learned to lip read & thought everyone was like them. Since getting hearing aids they were able to hear the upper-register tones. They still lipread me, though, because my voice is quiet. They never found out the cause of their deafness.
I thought we were doing good by teaching our babies (at 9 months or so) to say more, please, and thank you. This is incredible!
I wonder if sign language is in some ways easier to learn, because so many of the words actually represent their meaning in some way. In verbal speech, only onomatopaeic words (which aren’t many) represent their meaning.
this is so neat.
This is amazing! Ava has a pretty extensive vocabulary for a 24-month old.
What’s the sign for “fascinating”?
And “beautiful”?
For some reason, I can’t get my sound to work on this video. So, what’s all the waving about?! ;)