Sign Language In The Native Americans

Sign language in the Native Americans

Introduction

The origin of sign language is as old as that of oral languages, as old as humanity itself. The Native North of the continent used sign language to communicate between the various tribes that they used in turn completely different phonetics of each other, thus achieving a common language. 

In the 16th century Jerónimo Cardano had the first approaches to achieve an ecumenical standard in sign language, but they were the first texts of Juan Pablo Bonet in 1620;Reduction of letters and art to teach the mute, who served as the first alphabetical treatise of phonetics and sign logopedia. In 1817 Gallaudet founded the first American school for deaf people. By 1865 the total schools of this type was 22. Based on the work of Bonet, the Frenchman Charles Michel de L´épée publishes his alphabet known as “Spanish Manual Alphabet” that has remained in force until this day.

Developing

Each family languages have well -defined and unintelligible grammatical structures of each other. The processes or stages of acquisition of a sign language are usually analogous to oral languages and work in the same way in the processes of cognitive development of deaf children, and therefore, identities or selfs are formed individually similar to a listener. 

There is a false belief in the dependence of the sign languages of oral languages, the syntactic structure being a clear difference between the two. Sign languages differ from each other, both in the lexical set of gestural signs or signs and in grammar, both as the oral languages differ from each other.

There are attempts to achieve a universal sign language international sign system as in the case of Esperanto for oral languages, but this attempt would be in a substantial reduction in the different expressive and even cognitive abilities of the various families of sign languages. However, the use of a universal language would have good results if the particular use of each language or dialect is not distorted.

Of the importance of knowledge of signs in nursing

A nursing staff trained to generate effective communication with deaf patients will have the ability to individualize care provided. It is necessary to transcend the traditionalist optics that seeks to label deafness or blindness, for example, such as a disability or even a disease. This retrograde perspective tends to generate a distance between hospital staff and the patient. We can cite some examples of apparent disability that culminated in genius to highlight that the development of the human being does not stop due to the lack of capacity. 

Let’s see Stephen Hawking, who despite being motorcycles inoperatively could carry out great works and scientific theories that have contributed knowledge treasures of the human being and his environment. Let’s see Stevie Wonder, blind musician who developed a prodigious ear and has created masterpieces of contemporary music. The human being develops skills even in the absence of some capacity. There are always channels where to flow.

The inability of nursing staff to communicate with deaf patients generates an environment contrary to recovery. The patient needs to feel comfortable and expressly capable of detailing his condition and thus promoting specific care for his case. Deafness or blindness are neither disabilities nor diseases. If this approach will perpetuate there will be an even greater distance between the staff and the patient.

The exercise of humor and recreational activities can be the starting point for unable personnel to build a bridge, empathy. In this way the patient begins his recovery with greater momentum and certainty. Art can also be used to create bridges, at different levels. This is evident in patients with Down, Asperger and Autism syndrome. All this to counteract the adversities that accompany some diseases at a mental and emotional level.

It is important to highlight the development of healthy use of humor by hospital staff. A patient who learns not to take things so seriously will be a patient much more prone to a total recovery. These strategies lead the staff to understand the other. Put in their shoes. Generate empathy.

conclusion

Having a new approach or perspective of what a deaf is a completely normal person, the limitations that prevent authentic and human communication are broken. Empathic communication promotes the evolution of any patient. Trained personnel to communicate effectively with the patient is a staff on the path of excellence. 

These being the bases of medical care the benefits are for everyone;patients with higher recovery indices, more effective medical staff and a healthier population. The incorporation of these strategies into the study plan of medical personnel is vital for the development of a new avant -garde health model.

Bibliography

• Juan Pablo. Reduction of letters and art to teach the mute to speak. Madrid: eds. Francisco Beltrán, 1930. Print.