Hey I’m going to hope you asked this question in good faith. I have lots of deaf family and sign. Though admittedly not as well as I used to. Now that I think about it also do have a speech impediment – or did.
I’m going to be a bit pedantic, but that’s the nature of this question.
No. Speech impediments affect speech and vocal ability. Not a hot take to say that most deaf people have some form of speech impediment.
What is would be is a communication barrier and a physical disability that effects their communication. At least with ASL and my experience I can honestly say with maybe a few corrections or clarification it would be easy enough to understand someone missing a finger or two. ASL accents vary a lot region to region and person to person. Same as accents or slang or plain made up words between family and friends. Very normal to catch what someone is throwing down so to speak even if it might be a bit different.
Though for me half the time it’s slowwww down please!! you certainly develop a lot of empathy real fast when you are the odd hearing person out.
There are also adapted languages for folks with just one arm, or even simplified sign for folks that struggle with mobility. Folks with profound (might not be the PC term anymore sorry!) non verbal Autism or folks that have MS.
Lots of folks are curious. I answer a lot of random deaf questions on here. Way more than I thought.
I’ll give you a free one you don’t often hear. Most of my deaf family have nearly zero hearing. They have implants now but growing up, Nadda. So it was normal to flick the light of a bathroom as well as knock. When you are dealing with kids they dont lock the door and idiot kiddos like me that might just knock and barge in.d
I used to be involved in deaf culture and met a lot of deaf people. I met someone who was born with a physical deformity and only had three fingers on one hand, and their other arm was only half as long as it should be. For me, it did make it a little harder to understand. But then again I was a beginner in sign language. The other deaf friends seemed to not have any issue though.
Makes it hard for finger spelling, but actual signage doesn’t rely on all the fingers all the time. Think of it more as an accent. People who sign do have accents in their signing.
No, missing fingers doesn’t count as a speech impediment. Speech is all about how we use our voice, mouth, and breath. But sign language is a visual language. It’s all about hands, face, and body. So if someone’s missing fingers, it might affect how they sign. More like a physical difference that changes how signs are made.
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I think r/showerthought might be more suited to that one than r/NoStupidQuestions .
It just means they have a lisp. Like missing teeth. Lol
Hey I’m going to hope you asked this question in good faith. I have lots of deaf family and sign. Though admittedly not as well as I used to. Now that I think about it also do have a speech impediment – or did.
I’m going to be a bit pedantic, but that’s the nature of this question.
No. Speech impediments affect speech and vocal ability. Not a hot take to say that most deaf people have some form of speech impediment.
What is would be is a communication barrier and a physical disability that effects their communication. At least with ASL and my experience I can honestly say with maybe a few corrections or clarification it would be easy enough to understand someone missing a finger or two. ASL accents vary a lot region to region and person to person. Same as accents or slang or plain made up words between family and friends. Very normal to catch what someone is throwing down so to speak even if it might be a bit different.
Though for me half the time it’s slowwww down please!! you certainly develop a lot of empathy real fast when you are the odd hearing person out.
There are also adapted languages for folks with just one arm, or even simplified sign for folks that struggle with mobility. Folks with profound (might not be the PC term anymore sorry!) non verbal Autism or folks that have MS.
Lots of folks are curious. I answer a lot of random deaf questions on here. Way more than I thought.
I’ll give you a free one you don’t often hear. Most of my deaf family have nearly zero hearing. They have implants now but growing up, Nadda. So it was normal to flick the light of a bathroom as well as knock. When you are dealing with kids they dont lock the door and idiot kiddos like me that might just knock and barge in.d
Don’t know, but I imagine a deaf person with Parkinsons stutters!
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a stutter
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But in this case how he would to gestures that needy both pinkies?
I used to be involved in deaf culture and met a lot of deaf people. I met someone who was born with a physical deformity and only had three fingers on one hand, and their other arm was only half as long as it should be. For me, it did make it a little harder to understand. But then again I was a beginner in sign language. The other deaf friends seemed to not have any issue though.
Makes it hard for finger spelling, but actual signage doesn’t rely on all the fingers all the time. Think of it more as an accent. People who sign do have accents in their signing.
No, but Parkinson’s is a stutter
No. It would be more like something with tremors or something with uncontrollable muscle movements
Well you know that when Hellen Keller got stung by a bee, she screamed her fingers off
“If someone with one hand speaks sign language is that a speech impediment or an accent?”
Holyshit you took the subs name literally
omg the creativity haha
No, missing fingers doesn’t count as a speech impediment. Speech is all about how we use our voice, mouth, and breath. But sign language is a visual language. It’s all about hands, face, and body. So if someone’s missing fingers, it might affect how they sign. More like a physical difference that changes how signs are made.