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Cerebral lateralisation during signed and spoken language production in children born deaf

Heather PayneEva Gutierrez-sigutBencie WollMairéad Macsweeney

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Malelcsh:QP351-495Deafnessmusculoskeletal systemArticlelcsh:Neurophysiology and neuropsychologyotorhinolaryngologic diseasesCochlear implantsHumansfTCDFemaleSign languageChildDominance Cerebralhuman activitiesDeafChildrenLateralisationLanguageFunctional transcranial Doppler sonography

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Highlights • Children born deaf show typical left-hemisphere dominance during language production. • No evidence of an association between left-lateralisation and language proficiency. • Exposure to auditory speech via a cochlear implant is not a prerequisite for left hemisphere language dominance.

10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100619http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6891228