Susan says a tip to start implementing baby sign language is don't try until they're at least 6 months old. Start with just one or two signs until they get the hang of them and then add more.

A government study found 24-month-old babies using sign language were talking like 27 month olds. And 36-month-old signers were talking like 47 month olds, nearly a full year's difference.

And it might even make your kid smarter. Studies have found that babies who were taught to sign had a larger vocabulary at 12 months than those who weren’t. How—and when—to get started ...

Chayton Marson-Rhodes, who is 9, started learning sign language at age 6 months, taught by his mother, Cheyenne Rhodes, a clinical services case manager at the American School for the Deaf.

Baby sign language helps babies communicate before they can talk. Learn how to teach baby sign language, when to start it, and more with this guide.

If basic sign language can help babies use their hands to better express themselves at as early as 8 or 9 months, it can mean the bridging of this otherwise months-long communication gap.

The idea that sign language can be introduced later, if a cochlear implant is not successful, ignores the basic facts of language development. Babies’ brains need language to develop properly.

The window of opportunity for language development The idea that sign language can be introduced later, if a cochlear implant is not successful, ignores the basic facts of language development.