Deaf Children Exposed to Sign Language Early Match Hearing Peers in Maths
A new study finds that early access to language plays a key role in how children grasp numbers. Deaf children who were exposed to sign language from birth performed on par with hearing children learning spoken language. Researchers evaluated a range of children to examine how language shapes early development. The results underscore that language is a central factor in early learning. The study concludes that both signed and spoken languages support academic skills, including mathematics.
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