Young Children's Language Development

Principal Investigator: C. Melanie Schuele, Ph.D.

Other researchers: Ana Delgado

Description

The Child Language and Literacy Lab at Vanderbilt is looking for preschoolers to participate in a study about language development. The study will focus on children's complex sentences. Our goal is to find a valid and efficient complex sentence measure for speech-language pathologists and researchers to use.

Who:

• Age within 3;0-5;11 range
• Monolingual English speaker
• Parent reports that the child uses some four-word sentences
• Child does not have hearing loss, autism, uncorrected visual impairment, intellectual disability, or neurological impairment (e.g., cerebral palsy)

What children will do:

• 90-120 minutes (1 or 2 visits depending on child's age and attention)
• Finish patterns of shapes and figures
• Repeat sentences
• Describe pictures and toy scenes
• Complete hearing screening
• Complete language assessment measures

Participant Criteria

Children ages 3;0-5;11

Compensation

Participants will receive up to $50 as compensation for their time.

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Last Updated: Friday, July 01, 2022