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