signing in hearing babies

[James Russell]

Recently there was a TV report in the UK on the work
of Garcia, who teaches ASL to very young, hearing babies. The
claim is that this releases the communicative floodgates and reveals
symbolic competetence far ealier than previously reported -
not to mention making the terrible 2s less terrible.

A literature search has not revealed any published work
on this. Any references or views would be gratefully
received.

James Russell