A new study brings neural-level evidence that the continuous variation in natural speech makes the discrimination of phonemes challenging for adults suffering from developmental reading-deficit dyslexia.
Jun 25, 2020
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Has anyone ever told you: "Don't baby talk to your baby?" Parents of young infants often tell us that they have heard this advice from friends, family and even health care professionals.
May 4, 2020
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Conversation is an important part of what makes us human. Previous research has shown that children begin to develop this skill at a young age. While many assume that mothers instigate communication with their children, new ...
May 14, 2019
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Neuroscientists from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Rochester have identified a specific brain signal associated with the conversion of speech into understanding. The signal is present when the listener has ...
Feb 22, 2018
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,Many parents will feel a twinge of concern if their five-year-old can't sleep without his dummy or their teenager refuses to throw out the tattered blanket she's had since she was a baby. The topic of comfort objects is ...
Feb 15, 2018
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One in seven Aussie mums (16 per cent) will experience the debilitating symptoms of peri-natal and post-natal depression.
Dec 5, 2017
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The way you speak to your baby can tell a very specific story.
Aug 2, 2017
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Without understanding the "referential function" of language (words as "verbal labels," symbolizing other things), it is impossible to learn a language. Is this implicit knowledge already present early in infants? A study ...
Sep 2, 2015
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A region of the brain thought to control speech production develops abnormally in children who stutter—a pattern that persists into adulthood, according to new University of Alberta research.
Feb 9, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The level of hearing improvement achieved by hearing aid (HA) use in children correlates with better speech and language development, according to a study published online April 3 in JAMA Otolaryngology.
Apr 6, 2014
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