A study published in The Journal of Special Education  (2024) by Erin Finton, Wyatte C. Hall, Michele Berke, Ronald Bye, Stuart Ikeda,...

Research tells us that exposing deaf and hard of hearing children to ASL from an early age has a wide range of benefits, spanning...

Understanding the Dynamics of Visual Attention in ASL Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is all about seeing and using signs to...

Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Arielle Spellun, Megan Herlihy, Emily Taketa, Amber Graham, Matthew Fasano-McCarron,...

Imagine a world where a child's access to language is delayed for years, and with it, a cascade of developmental challenges begins. This...

Deaf children exposed to ASL before 6 months show age-appropriate vocabulary growth, matching peers with deaf parents.

Delayed ASL exposure affects how deaf children process signs.

Pointing helps deaf children learn names for objects.

Parents' ASL skills don’t impact toddlers’ vocabulary but are crucial as children grow, highlighting the need for early exposure.

Philadelphia Deaf signers show a unique signing style called dominance reversal, reflecting how social factors shape regional ASL variations