Several researchers involved in UCONN K.I.D.S. study children with hearing loss, with interest in cochlear implants as well.  This article discusses cochlear implants in young children.

 

“Infants May Benefit From Advanced Cochlear Implants”

 

Interesting article on musical play!

 

MUSICAL PLAY: MUSICING, INTENTIONALITY AND SENSORY INTEGRATION

Looking to learn more about your child’s development?  Explore the PBS Parents website, with various informative child development articles on topics such as language, social/emotional growth and more.

PBS Parents-Child Development

Check out this interesting blog post and quiz about infant communication.  Our researchers would agree that we can certainly learn a lot from this age range!

“Secrets of Baby Behavior”

 

 

This week visit the “Autism Speaks” website to learn about the importance of family participation in autism research.

“Participate in Research”

 

Language and cognitive development are just a few among many topics studied by some of UCONN K.I.D.S.’ researchers.  This week’s shared article highlights the cognitive benefits of growing up in a bilingual home.

“Bilingual Babies Benefit from Learning Faster”

Each week, UCONN K.I.D.S. will post a relevant article for parents to read and enjoy on our website, Facebook and Twitter.

 

This week we are featuring a parent-written article from cbcnews.com about the perks of child research participation:

“How my toddler son helps scientists with their experiments”