Table 9 |
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| Overview of the sex, age, AoA, and education (in years) of the included participants | ||||
| groups | sex | mean age | AoA German | education |
| EGL | 3 m, 9 f | 31 years (range: 22–53 years) | from birth | 9 A, 1 O, 2 U |
| ESL | 4 m, 4 f | 28 years (range: 21–40 years) | 6 or 7 years | 6 A, 1 O, 1 nr |
| LSL | 4 m, 4 f | 28 years (range: 19–38 years) | 6 or 7 years | 4 A, 2 O, 1 U, 1 nr |
AoA: Age of acquisition, m: male, f: female, r: right, l: left, b: both, A: Abitur, O: Realschulabschluss, U: university degree, nr: not reported; EGL: hearing early German language learners, ESL: deaf early sign language learners, LSL: deaf late sign language learners.
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