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Improving Language Development in Kids with Hearing Loss
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[11/03/2013] University of Miami psychologist and her collaborators demonstrate the impact sensitive parenting has on language growth for children who receive cochlear implantsImproving Language Development in Kids with Hearing Loss - Read more
Mobile App Helps Improve Language and Social Skills
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[14/12/2012] Researchers have developed a cell phone that can be downloaded free and improves basic competences (maths, language, knowledge of the environment, autonomy and social skills) in children with autism-related disorders or Down’s Syndrome. Mobile App Helps Improve Language and Social Skills - Read more
Early Treatment Sparks Striking Brain Changes in Autism
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[16/11/2012] When given early treatment, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) made significant improvements in behavior, communication, and most strikingly, brain function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. Early Treatment Sparks Striking Brain Changes in Autism - Read more
Therapy Helps Nonverbal Children with Autism to Say First Words
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[18/11/2011] A new treatment can help nonverbal children with autism to develop speech, according to a proof-of-concept study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).Therapy Helps Nonverbal Children with Autism to Say First Words - Read more
Speech Disorders: Singing After Stroke?
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[14/11/2011] After a left-sided stroke, many individuals suffer from serious speech disorders but are often able to sing complete texts relatively fluently. Researchers have now demonstrated that it is not singing itself that is the key.Speech Disorders: Singing After Stroke? - Read more
Babies Take A First Step Toward Language
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[26/09/2011] Watching children on the playground, we see them run, climb, slide, get up, and do it all again. While their movements are continuous, we language-users can easily divide them up and name each one. But what about people - babies - who don not yet have words? How do they make sense of a world in motion?Babies Take A First Step Toward Language - Read more
Why Autistic Individuals Confuse Pronouns
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[08/08/2011] Autism is a mysterious developmental disease because it often leaves complex abilities intact while impairing seemingly elementary ones. For example, it is well documented that autistic children often have difficulty correctly using pronouns, sometimes referring to themselves as "you" instead of "I."Why Autistic Individuals Confuse Pronouns - Read more
Communications Challenges: New Mobile App Gives a Voice
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[11/04/2011] MyVoice, a mobile app and server system that operates on iPhone and Android devices, gives users with aphasia, autism, and other conditions that affect speech ability a voice by simply tapping words and pictures on a screen. Communications Challenges: New Mobile App Gives a Voice - Read more
Sign Language Users Read Words and See Signs Simultaneously
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[28/03/2011] People fluent in sign language may simultaneously keep words and signs in their minds as they read, according to an international team of researchers.Sign Language Users Read Words and See Signs Simultaneously - Read more
Bilingualism Delays Onset of Alzheimer's Symptoms
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[29/11/2010] A Canadian science team has found more dramatic evidence that speaking two languages can help delay the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms by as much as five years.Bilingualism Delays Onset of Alzheimer's Symptoms - Read more
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