Parents worry about everything when it comes to babies: Is the infant sleeping enough, eating enough, growing enough? Here's another thing to fret about: Do you talk enough to your baby?
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Last year, Crystal Adams was browsing a Web site on child health when she came across an advertisement inviting parents to participate in a research study testing a new device to measure language...
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Baby-talk show: Do you know how many words your child spoke today?
2/24/2008
The early days of parenthood are filled with anxiety. Parents fret over
whether their babies are eating enough, growing enough and sleeping
enough. As the children get a little older, parents also...
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Are girls with autism going undiagnosed? ABC "Nightline" reports
1/25/2008
According to Autism Speaks, the "report explored the belief of several researchers and psychologists ... that there are many girls with autism who are either going undiagnosed or being misdiagnosed...
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Revolutionary Product Is Breakthrough in Early Detection and Treatment of Language Delay
1/10/2008
SpeechPathology.com reports: The world's largest database of child and adult speech ever collected from within home environments is the foundation of a groundbreaking study and breakthrough...
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What's a word's worth?
12/27/2007
In an influential study published in 1995, social scientists Betty Hart and Todd Risley recorded everything that went on in 42 households to see why some children fared worse in school than...
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Can words translate into a bright future for infants?
11/26/2007
You don't realize how daunting it is to say a certain number of words per day to your child. For Page and her husband Aaron, it's worth every word.
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Experts say the more words your child is exposed to early on in life, the better off they'll be
11/20/2007
Research has shown that children who heard more conversation during the day and had access to more words from their parents, turned out to have higher IQ scores and higher academic...
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Every parent wants to give their child a leg up in life, now it's easier than ever before
11/15/2007
What has been attracting the attention of parents and some experts in child development?
Experts say that word acquisition in the early years is crucial. Now, there’s a device that records how...
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University leaders offer condolences after death of Todd Risley
11/6/2007
Risley, a world-renowned pioneer in applied behavioral science and former professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science and senior scientist at the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span...
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Baby Talk
10/29/2007
30,000 The spoken words a child needs to hear each day until age 3 for the best language development, a study shows.
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News Release: Young children thrive on 30,000 words a day
10/24/2007
The most powerful number is 30,000.
BOULDER, Colo.— For children between birth and age 3, the most powerful number is 30,000. That’s the number of words children need...
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Talk Enough?, ABC News - Los Angeles,
10/2/2007
All kinds of videos and computer programs promise to help prepare your toddler for school. But educators say the best preparation is talk from a parent or caregiver.
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Ability to achieve improves the more words babies hear, Boulder County Business Report,
9/28/2007
Not only are the children who have been talked to achieving more, they're testing higher. The difference between hearing 33 million words compared with 11 million results in an extra 40 IQ points,...
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Bringing up brainy baby, The Denver Post,
9/12/2007
Littleton - Lisa and Brian Thompson - both professional and college-educated - pay close attention to their 20-month-old son Matthew's development. So when Infoture Inc., a Boulder- based research...
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If you want baby talk, talk to baby, Colorado biz Magazine,
8/20/2007
You don’t need a research study to conclude that sticking toddlers in front of the TV probably won’t do wonders for their brain development. You might just try talking to them instead. A new study by...
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Boulder Company Helps Parents Talk To Babies, CBS,
8/16/2007
A new study on how parents talk to their babies confirms that early conversation with a child can lead to later success in school. It also found that one parent tends to do most of the talking and...
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News Release: Young children thrive on 30,000 words a day
8/14/2007
New study released to Colorado pediatricians today
BOULDER, Colo.—For children between birth and age 3, the most powerful number is 30,000...
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Talk to your toddlers - research claims they need to hear 30,000 words a day, North Denver News,
8/14/2007
For children between birth and age 3, the most powerful number is 30,000 -- the number of words they need to hear every day from their parents and caregivers, to ensure optimal language development...
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Young Children Thrive on 30,000 Words a Day, Denver Business Journal,
8/14/2007
For children between birth and age 3, the most powerful number is 30,000 -- the number of words they need to hear every day from their parents and caregivers, to ensure optimal language development...
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Baby DVDs may hinder, not help, your kid
8/8/2007
Educational videos designed to stimulate young minds, like “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby,” may actually impede language development, according to a new study published this week in the Journal of...
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Toddler 'word spurts' are guaranteed, USA Today,
8/2/2007
It's called the "word spurt," that magical time when a toddler's vocabulary explodes, seemingly overnight. New research offers a decidedly un-magical explanation: Babies start really jabbering after...
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Turn Off TV To Teach Toddlers New Words, Science Daily,
6/29/2007
Study evaluated the ability of children ages 15-24 months to learn new words when the words were presented as part of a "Teletubbies" program as compared to their ability to learn new words from an...
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Study on I.Q. Prompts Debate on Family Dynamics, The New York Times,
6/25/2007
The new evidence that eldest children develop higher I.Q.’s than their siblings has intensified the debate over two of the most stubborn questions in social science: What are the family dynamics that...
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