A Neurobiological Case for Early Sign Language Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

A Neurobiological Case for Early Sign Language Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Published in Grey Matters Journal, GSU Chapter, Spring 2025 Could you say everything you’re thinking without making a sound? Through signed languages, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) can. While a child’s first language is most often developed passively, by listening to the speech of primary caregivers, that option is not available to D/HH children. In…