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Kirsten Abioye describes the huge role that British Sign Language plays in her family and the impact of health professionals not having this skill Kirsten AbioyeMy son failed his newborn hearing screening, but further tests told us he was able to hear.Throughout the next two and a half years he was frustrated a lot of the time and relied heavily on routines.He had no speech and huge delays in understanding.Not long before he turned 3, an audit of our paediatric audiology department found many children had been misdiagnosed, and further testing found him to be profoundly deaf.We quickly started to learnBritish Sign Language (BSL), which has given our family the ability to have unabridged communication.We finally all speak the same language.
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