Science notes from the Frontline.

Babies language learning starts in the womb.

I love this research as it reminds me that children with ASD need thousands of opportunities to come into contact with language in order to learn. We must babble with them, talk to them, read to them and constantly 'immerse' them in language.

Research suggest that learning to talk makes it easier to understand the speech of others.

This is fascinating news coming out of Haskins Laboratories (and if you are not familair with those guys, definitely check them out: Haskins Laboratories)...

Dr. David Ostry:

"Our study showed that speech motor learning altered the perception of these speech sounds. After motor learning, the participants heard the words differently than those in the control group...One of the striking findings is that the more motor learning we observed, the more their speech perceptual function changed."

I read material like this and think "I know nothing":) So much to learn...

Stay learning...

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