About the Study

We will meet with your child twice, for about an hour each meeting.

Before we meet with your child, you will fill out a form with background information about your child.

If you are interested in your child participating, fill out the form here.

Meeting 1:

Hearing screening

Test at 30 dB in both ears, your child will wear headphones

Identifying relationships

Your child will point to pictures

Movement of tongue and lips

Checking that all of your child's speech muscles work correctly

Saying words

Your child will look at pictures and name them out loud

Pointing to pictures

Your child will hear a word and point to a picture of the word

Finishing sentences

Your child will look at a picture and finish the sentence

Saying more words

Your child will look at pictures and name them out loud

Finish first meeting

Your child will choose a toy

Meeting 2:

Phonological awareness

Your child will name rhyming words, put sounds together, and identify the sounds in words

Rhythm imitation

Your child will imitate how another person claps

Speech perception

Your child will listen to words while looking at pictures on a screen

Nonword repetition

Your child will hear made-up words and repeat them out loud

Pattern completion

Your child will look at pictures and choose the next item in the sequence

Spelling

Your child will hear a word out loud and choose the missing letter in the word

Reading

Your child will read words out loud

Finish second meeting

Your child will choose a toy