Long before they talk babies know what they want to say - Babies have the cognitive capacity to say words months before their articulatory system is mature enought to allow speech.

Look Who's Talking in Sign Language - It's not just for the hearing impaired baby -- it may help you communicate before your child can say the words.

Look Who's Talking--With Their Hands - By signing even infants can tell you what's on their mind.

A New Language for Baby - Infants don't have to cry to get what they want. They can use sign language instead Scott McKeen discovers.

Adoptive Families - Communicating with Your Baby - Parents express concern that babies adopted from other countries will have a difficult time with the abrupt change from one language to another. Parents hope that a few quickly learned signs will help ease the transition.

Babies taught sign language often ahead of their peers later on - Sign language is emerging as another way for babies to communicate, even if they don't have hearing or developmental problems.

Baby see, baby do: Sign language for Infants - Some parents say teaching sign language to children with normal hearing is the key to a less stressful experience for both of you.

Baby Sign Language - Shaking the head or moving the hand is far easier to learn than the intricate manipulation of the lips, jaw, and tongue necessary for each new word. Large muscle coordination is learned before small muscle coordination - at about the same time kids want to express themselves.

Baby Sign Language: Infants learn signing to talk with their moms - Instructor Gwen Cox, a certified deaf interpreter, contends the six-week class that she offers in American Sign Language for babies can help breach the communication barrier between a gurgling infant and a puzzled parent.

Before They Talk They Can 'Sign' - Signs help translate baby's early utterances when 'ba' can mean anything from ball to bottle. With a gesture added it's clear what baby is talking about.

Hearing or Not: Sign With Your Baby - Imagine your eight-month old telling you her gums hurt and she needs medication. Or your toddler throwing fewer temper tantrums, and becoming more talkative. These feats are no longer out of reach.

Infants use their own name to recognize other words in fluent speech - Brown University researchers found very young infants used their own names and one other highly familiar name – usually a name associated with their mothers – to pick out new words in fluent speech.