The case study of Genie, an individual who grew up in extreme isolation, demonstrates that ______.
A. people lose their speech learning abilities by the time they reach adolescence, unless they are stimulated early in life
B. speech learning ability is more or less unchanged throughout one's lifespan
C. speech learning is effectively impossible for someone whose early development took place in isolation
D. early development is crucial for speech learning, but some speech learning abilities persist into later life
Answer: D
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