Closed Captioned For The Hearing Impaired

Last night my wife and I began to take an ASL course so we can learn how to communicate with those with hearing loss. The first class was an introduction to the course and the situation of hearing impaired persons on the Island. We have many reasons as to why learn this language, but the main one is to "speak" with our (future) baby. There's this study that focuses on teaching sign language to children at a very early age, not because they might be deaf, but because they can't speak when they're that young. This way the baby can tell his or her parent what he or she wants, like signing for milk, sleep, and even mom or dad. It also relieves the parents' frustration of not knowing what the baby wants or needs. More info on this can be found here.