Sign Language Not Being Universal

123456789101112
Across
  1. 5. A type of electronic medical device surgically implanted to provide a sense of sound.
  2. 7. Existing as a distinct entity; for example, ASL is a language from English, not a code or derivative.
  3. 9. To share information, ideas, thoughts, or feelings with others.
  4. 11. The visual-gestural language primarily used by Deaf communities in North America.
  5. 12. A community and culture united by a shared visual language and distinct heritage.
Down
  1. 1. Verbal communication produced by the vocal cords rather than the hands.
  2. 2. A graph or chart that displays the results of a hearing test.
  3. 3. The use of distinct hand shapes to represent individual letters of the alphabet.
  4. 4. One of the five core parameters of ASL; where the sign is physically made on or near the body.
  5. 6. A critical element of ASL grammar involving non-manual markers on the face.
  6. 8. To translate spoken words into sign language, or vice versa, in real time.
  7. 10. One of the five core parameters of ASL; the specific form your hand takes when making a sign.