Hearing Children Who Are Exposed to Sign Language at Prelinguistic

question 19

Multiple Choice

Hearing children who are exposed to sign language at prelinguistic stages:

• A) begin to use sign language at earlier ages than hearing children who are not exposed.
• B) use spoken language earlier than hearing children who are not exposed.
• C) use spoken language later than hearing children who are not exposed.
• D) have lower levels of literacy when they are older.

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Definitions:

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