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From https://acadeafic.org

Here is a short summary article and video (in ASL) by Beatriys Wille based on a longer article:

This is a blog post about a longer article: Wille, B., Van Lierde, K. & Van Herreweghe, M. (2019). Parental Strategies Used in Communication With Their Deaf Infants. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 35(2),165-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659019852664

Summary: Hearing parents should receive training in visual communication and associated visual communication skills. Often their child is the first deaf person they meet, and some visual communication strategies linked to the visual mode (e.g. exaggerated waving, touching etc.) may violate their cultural norms. Hence, hearing parents do not automatically think of these strategies as useful. Therefore, deaf role models are best positioned to inform hearing parents on visual communication, sign language and Deaf culture.

Read or watch the summary at https://acadeafic.org/2019/08/22/the-importance-of-being-visual/