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Not Just Blabber: What Baby's First Vocalizations and Coos Can Tell Us
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 20, 2024
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A baby’s gentle murmurs and coos can melt even the stoniest heart.
But those giggles and babbles are more than just music to a doting parent’s ears.
These vocalizations actually are signs that a baby’s heart is working rhythmically in concert with...
Reading to Your 1- and 2-Year Old Boosts Their Vocabulary, Study Finds
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 3, 2024
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Sharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won't, Norwegian researchers report.
Their new study on shared reading and vocabulary size dovetails with a new policy statement from the
AI Implant Allows Stroke Survivor to Communicate in Both Spanish, English
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- May 29, 2024
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A bilingual brain implant has allowed a stroke survivor to communicate in both Spanish and English, scientists report.
Turning to an AI method known as a neural network, researchers trained the patient's implant to decode words based on the brain activity produced when...
Scientists Spot Brain Cells That Prepare You to Speak
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2024
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Advanced brain recording techniques have revealed how neurons in the human brain work together to produce speech.
The recordings provide a detailed map of how people think about what words they want to say and then speak them aloud, researchers report in the Jan. 31 issu...
ALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 23, 2023
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Many people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs.
That's not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can still dress herself, and she can even use her fingers to type.
...
Kids With Nonverbal Autism May Still Understand Much Spoken Language
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 4, 2023
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About a third of children with autism aren't able to speak -- but that doesn't mean they're unable to listen and comprehend, a new study reports.
About 1 in 4 kids and teens who have autism and are minimally verbal understand significantly more language than they're able...
AI Might Spot Alzheimer's Early, Using Folks' Speech Patterns
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 14, 2023
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Cutting-edge AI technologies that can detect subtle changes in a person's voice may help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive impairments even before other symptoms begin.
Singing Might Aid Recovery After a Stroke
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2023
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Singing may help stroke patients regain communication skills, according to new research.
About 40% of stroke survivors have aphasia, a difficulty to deliver or comprehend spoken or written language. That impairment is ongoing for about half of those patients a year after...
Babies' Babble Brings Big Learning Bonus
- By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2022
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Babies' babble may be smarter than you think.
A new study shows that infants as young as 3- to 5-months of age can tell that the unintelligible sounds they make before they learn to talk can impact the people around them.
Traditionally, this babbling has been regar...
Lockdowns May Not Have Harmed Toddlers' Language Learning: Studies
- February 9, 2022
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The pandemic has dramatically disrupted kids' normal routines, but a new study suggests the initial lockdowns of 2020 did not necessarily hinder preschoolers' language development.
In fact, researchers found, there was an unanticipated "lockdown boost" in youngsters' voc...
Parlez-vous 'Woof'? Dogs May Distinguish Between Different Human Languages
- Cara Murez
- January 6, 2022
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Dogs don't speak a human language, but they do know when you switch from one tongue to another, an intriguing new study finds.
"We know that people, even preverbal human infants, notice the difference," said study co-author Laura Cuaya of Eötvös Loránd Universit...
'Baby Talk' Could Help Spot Infants With Autism
- Cara Murez
- January 5, 2022
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That sing-song speech parents use when talking to their babies is universal, and infants tend to prefer it.
So, when a baby doesn't seem to engage with this melodic "motherese," or baby talk, it can be an early sign of
'Baby Talk' Is Really Helping Baby Learn
- Robert Preidt
- December 13, 2021
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You may feel silly doing it, but baby talk helps your infant learn the basics of human language, a new study suggests.
By mimicking the sound of a smaller vocal tract, baby talk<...
Telemedicine May Not Work for Speech, Voice Therapy
- Robert Preidt
- August 9, 2021
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Telemedicine may fall short when it comes to people with voice and speech disorders, researchers report.
There was a significant rise in telemedicine use -- health visits using computer, tablet or smartphone video conferencing -- during the COVID-19 pandemic. And even th...