Your Text Reports a Study Examining Deaf Users of ASL

question 8

Multiple Choice

Your text reports a study examining deaf users of ASL who had acquired ASL at different points during their childhood and adolescence. What were the results?

• A) The age of ASL acquisition appeared to have little or no effect.
• B) Those who acquired ASL at any point after birth displayed great deficits in their use of ASL.
• C) Those who acquired ASL during adolescence and adulthood displayed great deficits in their use of ASL.
• D) Those who acquired ASL at any point after birth displayed minor deficits in their use of ASL.

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