First responders learn basic sign language to assist with deaf, hearing impaired

Several emergency first responders in the Rio Grande Valley are learning a new language and it has nothing to do with the spoken word. The responders are learning basic sign language to assist them in better communicating with the deaf or hearing impaired when they respond to either accident or incident scenes. On Tuesday, nearly a dozen first responders attended the first of six one-hour classes inside the Dancy Building in which they were taught how to sign the alphabet.

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