A drawing of hands fingerspelling ASL

Signs by Category

Woman signing 'number' along with the word 'numbers' in English underneath her.

Handrawn signs for 'a', 'b', and 'c'. Along with the word 'alphabet' in English underneath them.

**Facts About the Deaf Community and ASL**
Fact	%*	# of Americans*	Source
Adults who experience trouble hearing**	15%	37.5 million adults	NIDCD***
Functionally d/Deaf people over 5**	0.38%	1 million	Gallaudet University
Deaf children born to hearing parents**	90%	0.27 million d/Deaf children	NIDCD***
Men's likeliness to experience hearing loss when compared to women**	200%	0.66... million men to 0.33... million women	NIDCD***

*On desktop try hovering over the data!
**Unless otherwise stated all statistics are based on Americans
***National Institution on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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