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  2. List of schools for the deaf - Wikipedia

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    Nebraska School for the Deaf: 1869: 1998: Omaha: Nebraska: K-12 Scranton State School for the Deaf: 1880: 2009: Scranton: Pennsylvania: PreK-12 South Dakota School for the Deaf: 1880: 2011: Sioux Falls: South Dakota: PreK-12 Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan School: 1887: 1965: Austin: Texas: PreK-8 Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi ...

  3. Language acquisition by deaf children - Wikipedia

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    Other studies have shown that sign language actually aids spoken language development. [50] Understanding and using sign language provides the platform that is needed to develop other language skills. [52] It can also provide the foundation for learning the meaning of written words. [52] There are many different sign languages used around the ...

  4. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Deaf sign languages, which are the preferred languages of Deaf communities around the world; these include village sign languages, shared with the hearing community, and Deaf-community sign languages Auxiliary sign languages , which are not native languages but sign systems of varying complexity, used alongside spoken languages.

  5. Deaf education - Wikipedia

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    Class for deaf students in Kayieye, Kenya Deaf education is the education of students with any degree of hearing loss or deafness.This may involve, but does not always, individually-planned, systematically-monitored teaching methods, adaptive materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help students achieve a higher level of self-sufficiency and success in the school ...

  6. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    The interpretation flow is normally between a sign language and a spoken language that are customarily used in the same country, such as French Sign Language (LSF) and spoken French in France, Spanish Sign Language (LSE) to spoken Spanish in Spain, British Sign Language (BSL) and spoken English in the U.K., and American Sign Language (ASL) and ...

  7. Mexican Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Mexican Sign Language was officially declared a "national language" in Mexico, along with Spanish and indigenous languages, to be used in the national education system for the deaf. [5] Before 2005, the major educational philosophy in the country focused on oralism (speech and lipreading) and with few schools that conducted classes in LSM.

  8. ‘Word of the Lord.’ Local houses of worship for the Deaf ...

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    When you’re using sign language to interpret, you’re all about the deeper meaning.” Brooks recalled that years ago, her daughter had a difficult time falling asleep for a period during early ...

  9. History of institutions for deaf education - Wikipedia

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    Like Épée's school in France, Heinicke's institution was opened publicly to serve underprivileged deaf youth. However, unlike Épée, Heinicke resolutely opposed the dependence on sign language and, in 1780, published a book attacking the Abbé de l'Épée's use of sign language in the education of deaf students.