❶ Hold your left hand out with the palm facing up. Hold your right hand over it. Then move your hands back and forth as if you were writing something on your palm. ❷ Raise your right hand in front of your face and move it forward while bowing your head. (This is used to express a wish or request.)❶ Point your index finger at yourself. (This means “me.” If you point your index finger at the other person, it means “you.”) ❷ Then position your hands next to your ears and wave your hands up and down as if you are fanning them.❶❷❶❷❸❶❷Interview and article by Miyuki TakahashiIllustration by Natsuko MaedaRaise both your hands with palms and finger tips up as if holding a ball, and rotate them sideways next to your face. (This motion ex-presses the flashing lights on an ambulance.)I’m deaf.Can you take off your mask?Even if you don’t understand sign language, please stay and face us.Lesson 2Lesson 2See My SOS!Can you write that down on paper?TranslationAmbulance19❶ Hold your hands in front of you with the palms facing the other person. Then move them towards your mouth with the index fingers and thumbs extended. (This expression means “mask.”) ❷ Rotate your wrists and point downwards. (This expression means “taking off the mask.”) ❸ Raise your right hand in front of your face and move it forward while bowing.Move your right hand, with the thumb pointing up, left and right along your lips. (This expres-sion can also mean an introduction or guide, in addition to translation.)YUMIEAt age two, Yumie lost most of her hearing in both ears due to sensorineural hearing loss. At the age of three, she began using Rionet hear-ing aids. She took up bodyboarding when she was 18, became a professional at the age of 28, and continued until retiring in 2007. Currently, as the representative of the general incorporated associa-tion, Aketara Umi-e (Akeumi), she is working to normalize deafness (to achieve a society with and with-out hearing disabilities). She is an ambassador for Rionet hearing aids.This is Lesson 2 of the series in which YUMIE, a deaf athlete serving as an ambassador for RIONET hearing aids, will introduce you to the world of sign language in simple lessons.In this lesson, she will give us a lesson on the sign language used when asking for help.Deaf people sometimes find them-selves in sad situations when they venture out. If I tell a store clerk I’m deaf, the clerk may run off to another staff member, saying “We have a deaf customer. I can’t sign, so I can’t serve them!” Disappointed, I say to myself, “You didn’t need to run off like that.” And what’s worse, I can read lips, so I know what they’re saying. I know they don’t mean to be rude and are simply panicking because they can’t under-stand sign language. But in cases like this, it would make me feel so much better if they could stay calm and find a piece of paper. These days, you can also use a notepad app on your smart-phone. It’s possible to communicate through writing whether or not you’re deaf. I think many people would be happy to see that you stayed and tried to communicate. So, in this lesson, I’ve introduced some expressions I often use with people of normal hearing when I’m out, as well as some expres-sions used in emergency situations. I’d be delighted if you could understand these signs and help a deaf person.* The sign gestures introduced here are the ones used in Japan.One Point LessonOne Point LessonYou can watch YUMIE’s sign language lessons on the official Rionet Hearing Aid channel (@RIONETofficial) on YouTube.YUMIERION'sSIGN LANGUAGESIGN LANGUAGECOURSECOURSE
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