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    WEBWe use Deaf with a capital D to refer to people who have been deaf all their lives, or since before they started to learn to talk. They are pre-lingually …

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    • What is BSL? - Royal Association for Deaf people

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      Sign language is a way of communicating using hand gestures and movements, body language and facial expressions, instead of spoken words. The most common form of sign language in the UK is British Sign Language (BSL). BSL is a language in its own right. Sign language is used mainly by people who are D/deaf or have hearing impairments.
      For most Deaf people English is a second language, and understanding complicated messages in English can be a problem. There is a very strong and close Deaf community with its own culture and sense of identity, based on a shared language. Our work is mainly with and for Deaf people, and that’s why we are called SignHealth.
      BSL is the language of the Deaf community in the UK, who use a capital D to express pride in their identity. For over 87,000 British Deaf people, BSL is their first language. English may be their second or even third language. It’s estimated that BSL is used by around 125,000 adults and 20,000 children in total.
      They are pre-lingually deaf. It is an important distinction, because Deaf people tend to communicate in sign language as their first language. For most Deaf people English is a second language, and understanding complicated messages in English can be a problem.
    • Who uses British Sign Language? - SignHealth

      WEBSign Language in the UK. Most Deaf people who use sign language in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL). It is a rich combination of hand gestures, facial expressions and body language and, like English, has …

    • How to communicate with patients who are D/deaf or …

      WEB9 Jun 2021 · A Deaf person who uses British Sign Language (BSL) has a legal right to services in their own language. Support D/deaf people in using their preferred method of communication in line with relevant legislation …

    • Here’s a handful of facts about sign language - BBC News