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Kotowicz, Justyna; Woll, Bencie; Herman, Rosalind – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2023
The aim of this study is twofold: To examine if deafness is invariably associated with deficits in executive function (EF) and to investigate the relationship between sign language proficiency and EF in deaf children of deaf parents with early exposure to a sign language. It is also the first study of EF in children acquiring Polish Sign Language.…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Deafness, Correlation, Sign Language
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Mason, Kathryn; Rowley, Katherine; Marshall, Chloe R.; Atkinson, Joanna R.; Herman, Rosalind; Woll, Bencie; Morgan, Gary – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
This paper presents the first ever group study of specific language impairment (SLI) in users of sign language. A group of 50 children were referred to the study by teachers and speech and language therapists. Individuals who fitted pre-determined criteria for SLI were then systematically assessed. Here, we describe in detail the performance of 13…
Descriptors: Deafness, Children, Adolescents, Language Impairments
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Morgan, Gary; Herman, Rosalind; Woll, Bencie – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: Specific language impairment has previously solely been documented for children acquiring spoken languages, despite informal reports of deaf children with possible sign language disorder. The paper reports the case of a deaf child exposed to British Sign Language (BSL) from birth, who has significant developmental deficits in the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Children, Foreign Countries, Sign Language