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What is being signed (English Meaning)

HEARING (as in "a hearing person")

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• COMMENT
• COMMENTS
• HEARING (as in "a hearing person")
• HEARING PERSON
• PRONOUNCE
• PRONUNCIATION
• PUBLIC
• REMARK
• SAY
• SPEAK (as in "talk")
• SPEAKING
• STATE (as in "statement")
• STATEMENT (as in "to speak")
• TELL (as in "to tell someone")
• UTTER

Examples of Usage

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English Sentence

Is your teacher deaf or hearing?

ASL Gloss

YOUR TEACHER DEAF HEARING WHICH?

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English Sentence

Dr. Charles Nicolle was born hearing but became deaf by the age of 20. He was the first deaf person to receive a Nobel Prize. It was for discovering Typhus is spread by lice.

ASL Gloss

D-R C-H-A-R-L-E-S N-I-C-O-L-L-E HE BORN HEARING EAR DETERIORATE AGE 20 FULL DEAF. HE FIRST DEAF GET N-O-B-E-L P-R-I-Z-E FOR DISCOVERING T-Y-P-H-U-S OUTBREAK START HOW? FROM L-I-C-E

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English Sentence

My teacher is hearing, but is a CODA.

ASL Gloss

MY TEACHER HEARING BUT HERSELF CODA.

Sign Variations for this Word

• Variation 1 - ASL
• Variation 2 - Fingerspelled

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