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Peer reviewedHamilton, Harley – Sign Language Studies, 1986
Reports on a study that investigated the perception in deaf children, aged 6 to 10, of American Sign Language signs that differ in only one major parameter to determine whether any of the three parameters (handshape, movement, and location) is more difficult than others for deaf children to discriminate. (SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Sign Language, Children, Deafness
Peer reviewedSwisher, M. Virginia – Sign Language Studies, 1990
Replication of a study that showed that deaf 15- to 18-year- olds could accurately identify a significant number of isolated signs presented well out in peripheral vision found that 8- to 12-year-olds could also identify such signs, although results showed a significant effect of age on performance. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Sign Language, Child Language
