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First received: August 07, 2023

Clinical Trial: Word Learning in Deaf Children Using Eye-tracking and Behavioral Measures

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Deafness

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Word Learning in Deaf Children Using Eye-tracking and Behavioral Measures

Brief Summary: Mutual exclusivity is a word learning constraint in which the learner assumes that a given word refers to only one category of objects.In spoken languages, mutual exclusivity has been demonstrated in monolingual children as young as 17 months and cross-linguistically, while multilingual learners show an attenuated mutual exclusivity bias.Mutual exclusivity has not been robustly demonstrated in deaf children acquiring American Sign Language (ASL).Further, it is unclear if mutual exclusivity applies to those…

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