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Filter by:To assess whether a musical intervention (maternal/paternal singing) during the skin-to-skin sessions (Kangaroo care) would improve the language development of the preterm infant. Infants will be randomized to singing or silence during the Kangaroo care from the age corresponding to 30th gestational week until term age (40 gestational weeks).
After development of the Talk Stem Familia (TSF) smart-speaker application prototype, the study will evaluate the prototype's efficacy in a within-subjects pre-post design study. The sample will contain 50 parent-student/child dyads who will use the Alexa skill app for 6 weeks.
This is a randomized controlled trial to study a reading intervention in the NICU among preterm infants using LENA (Language Environment Analysis) recordings, linguistic feedback, and a language curriculum to improve the neonatal inpatient language environment and language outcomes for preterm infants.
This is a randomized control trial to evaluate a simple language intervention curriculum that utilizes LENA recordings, linguistic feedback and text-message review of content to improve language environments and outcomes for infants with adolescent mothers.
The purpose of the proposed research is to perform testing of the Thirty Million Words Newborn Initiative (TMW-NI) with the primary goal of evaluating various implementation methods. The investigators hypothesize that the TMW-Newborn intervention will: 1. Significantly impact parent knowledge regarding the importance of universal newborn hearing screen (UNHS) follow-up 2. Significantly impact parent knowledge of child development Additionally,the investigators hypothesize that: 3. The 7-minute version of the video with questions interspersed will most significantly improve parent knowledge of child development 4. There will be no significant differences in effectiveness of the Spanish and English versions of the TMW-Newborn intervention The hypotheses rely on the existing research data supporting the idea that parental understanding and beliefs will alter parental behavior, and consequently, that increased parental linguistic input will impact child cognitive development.
The aim of this project is to evaluate whether Beanstalk's 'Story Starters' intervention is effective in boosting vocabulary and grammatical development in young children.
This study evaluates the effects of digital versus standard literacy promotion, as well as dialogic language behaviors and reading comprehension among infants when comparing the use of e-books to standard board books. Around half of the participants will receive standard board books at the 6, 9, and 12 month well visits, while the other half will receive digital e-books.
Treinta Millones de Palabras- Visitas al Hogar (TMP) is designed to intervene upon mothers' knowledge, beliefs, and behavior, which in turn influences their interaction with their children, impacting children's development. The investigators will measure change in mothers' knowledge, beliefs, and behavior during and after intervention, and measure impacts on children's development across major developmental domains. Specifically, the investigators will measure mothers' 1. Knowledge of child language development and the role of parents in that development 2. Beliefs about the malleability of intelligence and their role in shaping their children's intelligence 3. Interaction with their child, specifically their linguistic input and responsiveness to their child's communication Concurrently, the investigators will measure children's 1. Emergent oral language development, in both Spanish and English 2. Social-emotional development 3. Math and spatial reasoning skill development
This study evaluates the efficacy of using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology for enhancing language development in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Half of the participants will receive AAC technology with their speech and language therapy and half will continue with their usual care models.
The aim of this project is to test whether training parents to ask their children 'inference- eliciting' questions during book reading is effective in promoting story comprehension for 4-year-olds from a range of socio-economic backgrounds.