Influence of testing language and aging on verbal list memory in deaf American Sign Language–English bilinguals.

Key Points

• To investigate how different languages affect verbal list memory among older deaf American Sign Language-English bilinguals.
• Tested memory using lists in both ASL and English.
• Compared memory performance relating to learning and forgetting in both languages.
• Focused on older deaf participants.
• Learning improved with English lists.
• Forgetting was minimized with ASL lists.