1. Regional cerebral blood flow during language perception Annika Harke Annika Kästel Nina Klusmeyer Ines Grunwald

2. Outline I. Introduction - Test related to deaf and hearing children II. Main Part - subjects & methods III. Results & Conclusion

3. I. Introduction Test related to deaf and hearing children 1. Differences between signed and spoken language 2. Effects on brain 3. Varieties concerning language acquisition

4. II. Main Part subjects & methods 1. Deaf group vs. hearing group 2. Experiment a.Deaf man recorded on camera while signing b.Activation: during rest vs. during sign language

5. III. Results & Conclusion 1. Deafness leads to enhanced right hemisphere activation 2. Both groups: high bi-frontal activation during rest