Can you still be understood if you've had Botox treatments?
Question: A student asks:
If a person has had Botox and can't move their eyebrows would they still be
understood with ASL?
Answer:
People who (for whatever reason) have limited eyebrow movement can still
communicate in ASL. Their signing will be somewhat less easily understood due to
the reduction in being able to use the eyebrows to help indicate "sentence
types." For example, raising the eyebrows to indicate the topic of a
sentence, to ask a rhetorical question, or to ask a question that can be
answered with a yes or no. Lowering the eyebrows helps to indicate a "Wh"-type
questions. ("Wh"-type questions are those that involve words or signs such
as who, what, when, where, how, etc.).
However, situational context often the intended meaning obvious. In other
words, the situation in which someone is signing tends to provide clues as to
that is being stated or asked. The person may need to add extra signs to
clarify what they are signing. For example, there is a "question mark" sign that
could be added to a sentence.
Notes:
Also see: "Botox and the Deaf"
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