Hands & Voices (H&V) was built on the foundation of diverse families coming together to share the experience of raising children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). We have a multitude of methods and platforms to provide support to families through our …

Deaf Hands Connection is a trusted American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting agency dedicated to bridging the gap between Deaf and hearing communities. Founded in 2017 by Lisa Campbell, an industry veteran with over 35 years of interpreting experience, the agency was built on a foundation of professionalism, cultural understanding, and a ...

In this lesson, you will learn about the different roles and responsibilities of the speaking and listening hands. You will also learn how to place your hands in the correct positions, that will allow both you and your child to receive information through touch.

Now think of the extra roles hands play for individuals who are deafblind. Their use in communication expands and for many touch compensates for other senses. In addition to their usual role as tools, they become “useful and intelligent sense organs, allowing people without sight and hearing to have access to objects, people, and language ...

This factsheet explores the role that the hands play in typical development, and in the development of children who are blind, children who are deaf, and children who are deaf-blind. Strategies for facilitating hand development are discussed.

In this webcast, Barbara Miles, a well-known author and lecturer, discusses the unique function hands serve for individuals who are deafblind. For people with vision and hearing impairments, hands become eyes, ears, and a voice.

There are several gestures that I use a great deal now during the conversations that my hands have with the hands of a child who is deafblind. One thing I often do is what I have just described: I simply offer my hands to theirs in a receptive way, usually palms-up, under their hands.

This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind.

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Like the eyes and ears of a hearing-sighted child, the hands allow a child who is deafblind to explore, communicate, and make sense of the world around them. Using hand-under-hand interactions appropriately, teachers and related service providers can gently encourage a child’s learning by placing their hands under the child’s to help guide ...