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  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Deaf Education

Background:

  • Two deaf children lacked complete first language (L1) acquisition from birth.
  • Early language acquisition is crucial for cognitive and social development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of a visual syntax intervention.
  • To assess the ability of deaf children to produce subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence structure in American Sign Language (ASL) after intervention.

Main Methods:

  • An exploratory case study design was used.
  • A targeted syntax intervention incorporating visuals was implemented.
  • Data were collected at baseline, during intervention (6-10 sessions), and in follow-up sessions (3-4 weeks).

Main Results:

  • Both participants showed improvement in producing SVO structure in ASL.
  • Visual analysis indicated a positive therapeutic trend.
  • Improvements were maintained in follow-up sessions.

Conclusions:

  • Preliminary evidence suggests the visual syntax intervention can help young deaf children with incomplete L1 produce basic ASL word order.
  • Findings can inform professionals working with signing deaf children.
  • Further research with larger sample sizes is recommended.