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I am deaf so you could say I am an expert. What do you need help with?

Hmm. That's a tough one. I am not the typical deaf person, but based on my experiences from dealing with other deaf people, it is very common for deaf people to have difficulties with English.

For them, English is actually a second language because they generally grow up with American Sign Language which is _nothing_ like English. I grew up speaking Sign Exact English which implies what it is. ASL does not follow English structure, grammar and syntax. It is basically its own language.

That being said, most deaf people are far more likely to understand "help", not "serve". "Serve" is a more fancy word, so to speak. Deaf people tend to have lower reading comprehension and vocabulary. The average deaf person reads at a 4th grade level according to studies that have been done. They are far more likely to understand "You're welcome" and "help" than the others.

I get why Chick-fil-a is trying to be polite and all that, but with most deaf customers, that won't work. Basic and simple works the best with them. Otherwise, they may feel that you're insulting them by using "big ass" words that they don't understand.

I speak from experience on this subject. I used to work as a janitor at a company, and while I wasn't the only deaf person there, I was the only one who had normal reading comprehension and vocabulary. So the other deaf employees wound up coming to me all the time and asking me to explain things to them because they couldn't understand what they were reading.

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Gee whiz, hmmm... I'll have to do some research on it.

Ok, I've done some googling.

This website seems to be your best bet, maybe.

https://www.signingsavvy.com/search

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