American Sign Language: "battery" The sign for "battery" (as in "I need a new hearing aid battery") is actually the same as the sign for "electricity." Your meaning is made clear by the rest of your sentence. To sign "electricity," use "X" handshapes. Tap (gently) the knuckles together twice. ELECTRICITY = "battery" BATTERY: The sign for "electricity" can also be used (in context) to mean "battery" Sample sentence: What kind of battery does your hearing aid use? = YOUR HEARING-AID BATTERY, YOU NOT-YET CHANGE YOU? There is an initialized version of "battery" that uses a "B" hand. This is a "Signed English" version of battery. I see it being used from time to time with Deaf kids that use hearing-aids, but I really don't recommend using this sign. The "ASL way" to sign "battery" is to use the sign for electricity. If you sign "HEARING-AID ELECTRICITY" it is obvious that you are talking about a "hearing-aid battery." So there usually no real need to ever use the initialized version of "battery" shown below. BATTERY: (initialized version) (not recommended) Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "battery"

The sign for "battery" (as in "I need a new hearing aid battery") is actually the same as the sign for "electricity." Your meaning is made clear by the rest of your sentence.

To sign "electricity," use "X" handshapes. Tap (gently) the knuckles together twice.

ELECTRICITY = "battery"

BATTERY:

The sign for "electricity" can also be used (in context) to mean "battery"

Sample sentence: What kind of battery does your hearing aid use?
= YOUR HEARING-AID BATTERY, YOU NOT-YET CHANGE YOU?

There is an initialized version of "battery" that uses a "B" hand. This is a "Signed English" version of battery. I see it being used from time to time with Deaf kids that use hearing-aids, but I really don't recommend using this sign. The "ASL way" to sign "battery" is to use the sign for electricity.

If you sign "HEARING-AID ELECTRICITY" it is obvious that you are talking about a "hearing-aid battery." So there usually no real need to ever use the initialized version of "battery" shown below.

BATTERY: (initialized version) (not recommended)

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >