Table 1.
Subject profiles
| Lost audition (dB) | ||||||||
| Age (years) | Sex | Age of deafness onset (years) | Age of beginning JSL training (years) | Duration of JSL training | Right ear | Left ear | Performance (% correct) | |
| Early-deaf signers | ||||||||
| 1 | 27 | M | 0 | 20 | 7 | 95 | 95 | 83.3 |
| 2 | 20 | M | 0 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 90 | 90 | 66.7 |
| 3 | 24 | M | 0 | 14 | 10 | 71 | 86 | 75.0 |
| 4 | 19 | M | 0 | 6 | 13 | 100 | 100 | 58.3 |
| 5 | 22 | M | 0 | 7 | 15 | 95 | 95 | 66.7 |
| 6 | 25 | M | 2 | 19 | 6 | 90 | 90 | 66.7 |
| Average | 22.8 | 0.3 | 11.58 | 11.3 | 90.2 | 92.7 | 69.4 | |
| Late-deaf signers | ||||||||
| 7 | 21 | F | 9 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 100 | 83.3 |
| 8 | 22 | M | 5 | 6 | 16 | 120 | 120 | 66.7 |
| 9 | 35 | F | 10 | 20 | 15 | 120 | 120 | 100.0 |
| 10 | 61 | F | 11 | 55 | 6 | 90 | 120 | 58.3 |
| 11 | 33 | F | 6 | 27 | 6 | 90 | 90 | 91.7 |
| Average | 34.4 | 8.2 | 23.8 | 10.6 | 104 | 110 | 80.0 | |
| Hearing signers | ||||||||
| 12 | 46 | M | 25 | 21 | 75.0 | |||
| 13 | 40 | F | 32 | 8 | 66.7 | |||
| 14 | 26 | F | 24 | 2 | 83.3 | |||
| 15 | 20 | F | 16 | 4 | 75.0 | |||
| 16 | 23 | F | 21 | 2 | 83.3 | |||
| 17 | 47 | F | 27 | 20 | 75.0 | |||
| Average | 33.7 | 24.2 | 9.5 | 76.4 |