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The compelling appeal of deafness as a natural experiment in language deprivation must be tempered with recent research showing that much more than language is affected by deafness. When deaf children are born to normal-hearing parents, they are deprived of more than language. Although deafness is more complex than philosophers and psychologists have described it, it is still appealing as a natural experiment. In fact, the complexity of factors associated with deafness makes it a richer, more fertile ground for research than a simple experiment in language deprivation.
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Braden, J.P. (1994). Deafness as a Natural Experiment-Revisited. In: Deafness, Deprivation, and IQ. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4917-5_2
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