Sign Language – It is a manual communication that can be commonly used by those individuals who are deaf or impaired hearing problems. Sign language is also a visual language, which uses facial expressions, body language, hand shapes, and gestures. This type of language has its own grammar and vocabulary. Sign language helps deaf individuals to communicate with individuals including family members and friends.

Sign language is not a universal language and deaf individuals from different countries speak several sign languages. It means that each country has different sign languages for deaf people to talk to their family members and friends. The gestures or several symbols are used in sign language that are organized linguistically and each individual gesture is known as a sign. In sign language, each sign has three different parts such as the movement of the hands, the handshape, and the position of the hands.

Benefits of sign language – There are several advantages of sign language for deaf individuals are given below –

1. Learning or using sign language may improves problem-solving capabilities, memory, spatial reasoning, brain function, and attention duration.
2. Sign language may be beneficial in increasing the level of confidence among deaf individuals.
3. Sign Language also needs strong visual attention, which may be beneficial in developing higher levels of concentration.
4. Deaf children may communicate by using sign language more easily as compared with verbal language.
5. Sign language increases creativity and also uniquely develops three-dimensional visual communication, better reaction times, and improves marginal vision.
6. It helps deaf individuals to talk with their family members and friends.
7. Sign languages is one of the important tools to express themselves and connect with other individuals.
8. It helps in increasing the capability to interpret body language among deaf individuals as it involves body language and facial expressions.
9. Sign language also improves social inclusion and accessibility by talking to normal people with confidence.
10. It may be beneficial in communicating easily in noisy environments to other individuals.
11. Sign language is one of the best options for those individuals who are deaf and impaired hearing problems to communicate with their family members and friends.
12. Sign language also beneficial for children to help in communicating for their requirements, expressing their emotions with their family members and close friends.
13. It helps deaf individuals to make strong relationships with their family members including parents and close friends through communication by using sign
14. Sign language also helps children to improve learning skills and language or vocabulary development.
15. Sign language helps deaf children to remember words and also enhances vocabulary which is beneficial for the future.