In contrast to oral language, sign language includes a highly significant visuospatial component (e.g., manual configurations to represent numbers 18 ) and a phonology characterized by four visuospatial parameters of the signing hand (i.e., handshape, location, movement and orientation; see 19 , 20 ).
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Impact of deafness on numerical tasks implying visuospatial and verbal processes.
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