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""How many people use ASL is unknown. "Researchers in the field of deafness are confident [that the number is] more than 250,000, and would be surprised if it were more than 1 million," said Ross Mitchell, a research scientist at Gallaudet Research Institute, part of Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf in Northeast Washington."
One would think that the number of VP's (both kinds) distributed, would give a rough idea of how many Deaf live in a given area. Every time I ask, "How many Deaf live in DC area?" the response is always something like, "about 50,000-100,000." Those numbers do not seem right. Would counting the number of VP's be closer to the true number? I realize that it won't be exact, but will it be close?
""How many people use ASL is unknown. "Researchers in the field of deafness are confident [that the number is] more than 250,000, and would be surprised if it were more than 1 million," said Ross Mitchell, a research scientist at Gallaudet Research Institute, part of Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf in Northeast Washington."
One would think that the number of VP's (both kinds) distributed, would give a rough idea of how many Deaf live in a given area. Every time I ask, "How many Deaf live in DC area?" the response is always something like, "about 50,000-100,000." Those numbers do not seem right. Would counting the number of VP's be closer to the true number? I realize that it won't be exact, but will it be close?