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Peer reviewedMayberry, Rachel I. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1993
This study compared American Sign Language (ASL) abilities in 36 deaf adults who acquired ASL either in early childhood or in later childhood and who were born deaf or later lost their hearing. Subjects who acquired ASL as a second language after early childhood outperformed those who acquired it as a first language at the same age. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Age Differences, American Sign Language, Congenital Impairments
