Across
- 3. set of socia communities that are influenced by deafness and use sign languages as the main means of communication
- 6. lacking the ability of hearing or having impaired hearing
- 7. the first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard of hearing
- 9. the part of the implant that picks up sound from the environment
- 10. a person who translates from one language into another, especially as a profession
- 13. the implant is put in...
- 15. a small, complex electronic device (that is put in surgically) that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing
Down
- 1. a child of a deaf adult
- 2. using the letters of the signed alphabet to spell words
- 4. Americal sign language
- 5. the emotions shown on your face while signing; one of the 5 perameters
- 8. hard of hearing
- 11. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
- 12. location of the implant
- 14. British sign language
- 16. a small device that fits in or on the ear, worn by a partially deaf person to amplify sound