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Definition of Perilingual
Medically reviewed by Dr. Otari Nergadze, Neurosurgeon | Updated: January 2026
Perilingual: During the development of speech and language. "The age of onset continues to have important implications for cochlear implantation, depending on whether the hearing impairment occurred before (prelingual), during (perilingual), or after (postlingual) learning speech and language." (From an NIH Consensus paper) See also: Lingual.