New research from Northwestern University shows 15-month-old infants can learn words for objects they've never seen. This breakthrough challenges previous assumptions about early language learning ...

Roughly 1 in 10 babies worldwide is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy—a birth considered preterm. These infants are ...

Together, we can make sure that more babies in Columbus — and across Ohio — get the chance to celebrate their first birthday.

Be careful ladies!!! I talked to my daughter like this from the day she was born. She started talking at 10 months old and ...

A father’s poor mental health may harm child development, a new study has found. Here’s how fathers, too, can get the support they need.

Future research could assess infant development over time longitudinally, tracking cognitive, receptive language, and motor skills development. Additionally, it could explore the influence of the ...

Objective To determine the accuracy of two developmental screening questionnaires to detect cognitive or language delay, defined using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-Third Edition ...

Speech and language delays can significantly impact a child's learning, literacy, and social development, making early detection—particularly through vocabulary monitoring—essential. One ...

However, infants born during the first wave of the pandemic and girls born at any time during the pandemic had a three to six per cent increase in language difficulties at age two compared to ...

Discussion: We find no detectable association between screen exposure and differences in maternally reported language development or sleep quality in the first 6 months of life. Future studies will be ...