"In every city we visited, there were families with deafness inherited through generations. In the majority of these families, sign language was passed down from generation to generation, but some of them spoke more than signed at home, depending on their level of hearing loss. According to thirty-two deaf questionnaire participants, the majority of deaf people do not learn a sign language until after age nine."
"Although there are diverse forms of LSP used throughout the country, LSP is not likely to die since large numbers of Peruvian deaf people are eager to protect and use it."

"Deaf Peruvians attitudes toward LSP vary some, but most view the Lima variety of LSP to be the best and easiest to understand. Although there is some fear that ASL will destroy LSP and the Peruvian deaf culture, steps are being taken to protect LSP (such as dictionary production) and the deaf community is hoping for more LSP materials."

"70 schools include help for the deaf. Of the 11 deaf-only schools, 9 use at least some Peruvian Sign Language; the other 2 are oral and only use Spanish. Sign language used inside school by hearing teachers is reportedly different from what the majority deaf community use. Even though the government tries to integrate deaf students into mainstream educational programs, deaf social gatherings keep Peruvian Sign Language strong."