Nancy Brady has been gratified to see the tool she and colleagues pioneered over a decade ago to measure the growth of infants' pre-speech ...

Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child’s early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of ...

Research tool measuring how infants build communication skills into spoken language used for first time to study children ...

Strong oral language is one of the most important foundations we can give children in the early years. It shapes how they communicate, connect, and learn. While there are many ways to support language ...

When it came to learning language, money mattered for pandemic pre-schoolers. That’s the finding of a new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, by researchers in the Child ...

New mums who spend hours using their phone may hamper their child’s language development, according to a study. Scientists have found that mothers speak to their children up to 26 per cent less when ...

During this phase, parents and caregivers play a pivotal role in nurturing the child’s linguistic skills where the journey from babbling and using random words to coherent speech is not only a ...

Proposed budget cuts in Sweden and Finland could threaten the development of Sámi languages and leave the body responsible for safeguarding them in a funding crisis, Sami leaders said. Sámi ...

Children in Reception who took part in a Covid catch-up programme made four additional months’ progress in their language development compared to pupils who did not participate, a study suggests. The ...

Parents should be vigilant about children's ear infections as they can affect language development and physical growth. Early detection and treatment are crucial to mitigate long-term effects. Prompt ...