American Sign Language has been used extensively with babies, infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children since the 1970s and earlier - and not only deaf children but hearing children as well. There is a great deal of research in this field.
For example, in 1974 the Chicago Linguistic Society published a study showing that the hearing children of deaf parents who were exposed to both ASL and the english language were able to communicate more effectively using ASL than they were able to communicate using their verbal skills.
Stay tuned for more details of completed research in this field showing the benefits of communicating with hearing children through American Sign Language.
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