syndrome Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/syndrome/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:46:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png syndrome Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/syndrome/ 32 32 Cool Facts about American Sign Language https://deafniche.com/cool-facts-asl/ https://deafniche.com/cool-facts-asl/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:14:24 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=10117 Who benefits from ASL? Necessity is the mother of invention; sign language is used by many people and even creatures! 1. It’s another process than spoken languages due to its visual and spatial nature and exercises a different part of the brain. 2. ASL was originally invented for deaf communication-80% of deaf babies are born […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/cool-facts-asl/feed/ 1 Did you know that Dr. Helen Taussig, the doctor who established Pediatric Care, was deaf? https://deafniche.com/helentaussig/ Thu, 26 May 2016 04:03:58 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9069 Dr. Helen Taussig was the first doctor to establish intensive pediatric care; she dedicated her life’s research to a condition called Blue Baby Syndrome. This is a condition where the babies are born with a heart defect, causing poor blood circulation and giving them the blue skin. Many babies died from this condition as no […]

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