Given the criticisms that have been levied against the Geers et al. article by a large number of academics and physicians (see Pediatrics comments section), this UT Dallas press release is highly misleading. In fact, Geers et al. have singularly failed to demonstrate that using a sign language such as ASL has any effect at all on the acquisition of a spoken language such as English. For many of us, the fear was that the findings of the Geers et al. article would be uncritically circulated in a way that would not allow correction or comment, perpetuating the myth that exposure to one language somehow magically harms the acquisition of another language. This article in News Medical has confirmed those fears.