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Language development in exceptional circumstances: Auditory Impairment The study of child language acquisition became of interest to psycholinguists in the 1960's after Chomsky's suggestion that the study of the development of language would provide evidence for theories of language. Ever since these initial studies, theorists have used the development of child language to study issues such as the contexts of interaction in which language arises and the importance of parental input. After the explosion of interest in language acquisition linguists began to take an interest in the development of language (more specifically sign language) in deaf children. By examining a selection of these studies I will attempt to discuss the implications of the studies in comparison to language acquisition theories. Deafness or the extent of deafness is generally not confirmed until the child reaches age one. Surprisingly, despite their auditory impairment deaf babies coo and babble in the same way as babies...

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