Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

On New Year's Day, 2023, 25-year-old Imogen Nunn died by suicide. Nunn candidly shared her experiences of deafness and mental health problems. An inquest revealed that long-standing issues in ...

The researchers emphasize that these differences are a result of the unique environment for twins—such as sharing parental ...

Playing recordings of a mother’s voice to premature babies may help their brains mature faster, according to the first randomised-controlled trial of this simple intervention. This approach could ...

In 2014, the California State Board of Education adopted the evidence-based and standards-driven English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework (ELA/ELD Framework) — nonbinding guidance ...

For decades, language barriers have hindered researchers' ability to assess child-caregiver relationships in refugee ...