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Orr, Edna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
For the current study, a multi-measure, micro-analytic approach was used to prospectively explore the role of preliminary symbolic play with single and multi-objects in language milestone development and vice versa. Fourteen infants followed up in monthly one hour sessions between the ages of 8 and 16 months. Their spontaneous play acts and vocal…
Descriptors: Play, Language Acquisition, Infants, Cognitive Development
Borja Blanco; Monika Molnar; Irene Arrieta; César Caballero-Gaudes; Manuel Carreiras – Developmental Science, 2025
Language learning is influenced by both neural development and environmental experiences. This work investigates the influence of early bilingual experience on the neural mechanisms underlying speech processing in 4-month-old infants. We study how an early environmental factor such as bilingualism interacts with neural development by comparing…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Speech Communication
Meiyun Wu; Haotian Liu; Xue Zhao; Li Lu; Yuyang Wang; Chaogang Wei; Yuhe Liu; Yu-Xuan Zhang – Developmental Science, 2025
To reveal the formation process of speech processing with early hearing experiences, we tracked the development of functional connectivity in the auditory and language-related cortical areas of 84 (36 female) congenitally deafened toddlers using repeated functional near-infrared spectroscopy for up to 36 months post cochlear implantation (CI).…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Processing, Auditory Perception, Assistive Technology
Ercenur Ünal; Kevser Kirbasoglu; Dilay Z. Karadöller; Beyza Sümer; Asli Özyürek – Cognitive Science, 2025
In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to "front" and "behind," followed by "left" and "right." This order has been attributed to the complexity of the relations expressed by…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Cognitive Mapping, Spatial Ability, Language Processing
Vanessa Frei; Nathalie Giroud – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Ageing is associated with elevated pure-tone thresholds, accompanied by increased difficulties in understanding speech-in-noise. While amplification provides important, but insufficient support, auditory-cognitive training (ACT) might propose a solution. However, generalized effects have been scarce, highlighting the necessity of training designs…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Listening Comprehension
Dhondt, Ann; Van keer, Ines; van der Putten, Annette; Maes, Bea – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Related to the target group of young children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay, the aims of this study were to obtain more insight into (the interrelations between) several characteristics of these children's expressive communicative behaviour and to explore associations between child behaviour, partner…
Descriptors: Young Children, Developmental Delays, Cognitive Development, Motor Development
Yuying Sun; Jia Zhou; Huiqin Zhu; Panting Liu; Huanxi Lin; Zhenglu Xiao; Xinyue Yu; Jun Qian; Meiling Tong; Xia Chi; Qin Hong – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of auditory processing (AP) in preschool children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the speech auditory brainstem response (speech-ABR), which provides insights into the AP of speech signals in the central auditory nervous system (CANS). Method: A total of 84…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Preschool Children, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Speech Communication
Jiao Du; Xiaowei He; Haopeng Yu – First Language, 2025
We used the elicited production task to explore the production of short and long passives in 15 Mandarin-speaking preschool children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD; aged 4;2-5;11) in comparison with 15 Typically Developing Aged-matched (TDA) children (aged 4;3-5;8) and 15 Typically Developing Younger (TDY) children (aged 3;2-4;3). This…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Form Classes (Languages), Child Language, Language Impairments
Janna B. Oetting; Tahmineh Maleki – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: Transcription of conjoined independent clauses within language samples varies across professionals. Some transcribe these clauses as two separate utterances, whereas others conjoin them within a single utterance. As an inquiry into equitable practice, we examined rates of conjoined independent clauses produced by children and the impact…
Descriptors: Dialects, Phrase Structure, Measurement, Correlation
Johnson, Mckenna – Infants and Young Children, 2021
This review addresses the question of how early access to sign language influences the development of deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) by examining the literature surrounding the topic across the domains of spoken/written language development, cognitive development, and sociocultural development. Although research in the realm of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Language Acquisition
Bordenave, Diane; McCune, Lorraine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the grunt vocalizations to cognitive and expressive language status in children with disabilities. Children with typical development produce communicative grunts at the onset of referential word production and comprehension at 14-16 months of age and continue to use this…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Communication Skills, Children, Disabilities
Montag, Jessica L.; Jones, Michael N.; Smith, Linda B. – Cognitive Science, 2018
The words in children's language learning environments are strongly predictive of cognitive development and school achievement. But how do we measure language environments and do so at the scale of the many words that children hear day in, day out? The quantity and quality of words in a child's input are typically measured in terms of total amount…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Prediction
Smolucha, Larry; Smolucha, Francine – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
According to Lev S. Vygotsky (1896-1934), the highest levels of abstract thinking and self-regulation in preschool development are established in "pretend play using object substitutions." An extensive research literature supports Vygotsky's empirical model of the internalization of self-guiding speech (social speech > private speech…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Early Childhood Education, Abstract Reasoning, Self Control
Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth; Christensen, Rikke Vang – Journal of Child Language, 2017
This study focuses on the relationship between content elements and mental-state language in narratives from twenty-seven children with autism (ASD), twelve children with language impairment (LI), and thirty typically developing children (TD). The groups did not differ on chronological age (10;6-14;0) and non-verbal cognitive skills, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Children, Language Impairments
Booth, Amy E.; Shavlik, Margaret; Haden, Catherine A. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
To explore the potential contribution of parents' causal talk to preschooler's emerging scientific literacy and related interests, we observed 153 parent-child dyads playing together in a museum and in the lab. As in previous work, the frequency with which parents referenced causal information in their speech predicted the strength of their…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Scientific Literacy, Child Development, Cognitive Development