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Ronnberg, Jerker; Andersson, Jan; Samuelsson, Stefan; Soderfeldt, Birgitta; Lyxell, Bjorn; Risberg, Jarl – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
This case study describes a 25-year-old Swedish woman with hereditary moderate hearing loss since birth who acquired both sign language and spoken language in her early preschool years and reached normal developmental milestones in each. Analysis revealed that her speech reading expertise is associated with cognitive functions such as high…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Congenital Impairments