The advantage of signing from birth holds for Deaf learners of all ages tested and all age-of-entry groupings¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The positive influence of signing from birth was found for learners of all ages and for all age-of-entry groupings. → Henner J 2016

Evidence¶

Henner J 2016¶

Henner J, Caldwell-Harris CL, Novogrodsky R and Hoffmeister R (2016) American Sign Language Syntax and Analogical Reasoning Skills Are Influenced by Early Acquisition and Age of Entry to Signing Schools for the Deaf. Front. Psychol. 7:1982. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01982

q3 · i? · associational · r2

In the discussion of the mixed effects results for the 688-student sample, the authors report the birth-signing advantage held across all ages tested (7;6–18;5) and all age-of-entry groupings.

"The positive influence of signing from birth-on was found for learners of all ages and for all age-of-entry groupings."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Native signers (children of at least one Deaf parent) outperform non-native signers on ASL syntactic judgment and analogical reasoning tasks — related
• Native signers of ASL show more proficient bilingual abilities than non-native signers — related