Table 9.

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.