Abstract
This article is an ethnography of communication about Deaf people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China which study during 2010 to 2013. Taiwan, Hong Kong and China have three different regimes as well as the education system, although textbooks are written by Chinese and most people live in there can conversation with each other in Mandarin, there are more than three kinds of sign languages. This article focuses on the distinctiveness of visible Conversation in the daily life of Deaf people. When they use sign language to connect the world, they are through different sense organ and the symbol type of use is also different. There are multiple channels of communication in their daily life. It is based on visual experience and universal across different sign languages. On the academic side, the discussions about indexicatily in linguistic anthropology are only between people or persons and things, the contribution of this study is to find referential relationships must be built on the sensory link. In addition, this article noted the underprivileged of "people who cannot hear" are cause by language ideology. It eliminate the possibility of visual language to be used, the frequency of using the different channels of communication loss the balance. The purpose of this study are not only recognize the communication characteristics of Deaf people, but also make people rethink what is language and reflect on the operation mode of society if there is room for improvement.