According to a new international study, cleft palate surgery at the age of 6 months provides better conditions for speech and language development compared to surgery at 12 months. The results were published in the New England ...
Sep 25, 2023
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A recent Beyond Blue survey of more than 2,000 teachers identified mental ill-health and excessive screen time as the biggest problems facing their students.
Sep 21, 2023
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You're looking at a truck. You're with a young child and he follows your gaze. He's interested in the object you're looking at without you pointing at it. This is called joint attention and it is one of the primary ways children ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Infants from multilingual backgrounds "talk" less with their early childhood educators, which could slow their language development, according to a new study. But researchers also found the children catch up over time.
Jul 10, 2023
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It matters what your baby hears. Even during sleep, the sounds that infants are exposed to can play a big role in language development, especially for babies at risk of language delays, according to a Rutgers University-Newark ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Matching the sight and sound of speech—a face to a voice—in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development.
Jun 20, 2023
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Talking to toddlers helps shape their developing brain, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
May 15, 2023
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High levels of the stress hormone cortisol during the third trimester of pregnancy may improve speech and language skills in the first three years of a child's life, according to research to be presented May 13 at the 25th ...
May 13, 2023
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Children learn to understand language and to speak largely independently of cognitive functions like spatial awareness, working (short-term) memory and perception (interpreting and organizing sensory impressions), according ...
Apr 20, 2023
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New research from University of East Anglia reveals why some children may be slower to learn words than others.
Apr 18, 2023
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