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Parent Talk is the most valuable because?

The language is the element that helps develop the brain to its optimal potential.

Lack of Language is the _______ of brain development

enemy

Why did NIH recommended newborn screening hearing screenings?

This decreased dx of deafness from 3yrs to 3mths old

By the end of age ___, the human brain, including its 100 billion neurons, has completed about _____% of its physical growth.

3, 85%

The development of the brain is absolutely related to the _______ ________ of the young child

language environment

Does the brain stop developing after 3yo?

No

When do infants start experiencing hearing in utero?

20 weeks of auditory neural experiences

In order for auditory pathways to mature, what should be happening ?

acoustic stimulation of the brain must occur early and often

Maturation of the central auditory pathways is a ?

Pre-condition for the normal development of speech and language skills.

What showed that differences in _________ _________ is correlated to later academic performance

Language Environments

What was Noam Chomskys theory of language acquisition?

That the brain has genetic prewiring "nature" & that humans have a language acquisition device (LAD) prewired in our brain, the brain "encoding" explained rapid language acquisition.

What was B.F. Skinners theory of language acquisition?

Theory of Operant conditioning and reinforcement "nurture"

Parents who talk less have children who talks _____

less

Negative effects on development happen when…

The parent / child interaction began with a parent initiated imperative: "Don't" "Stop" "Quit that"

This window of time (______ ___ _____) is crucial and if neglected it may be lost forever.

Birth to three

What effects vocabulary acquisition, IQ, language skills, and school tests?

Poor language environment

The GREATEST impact on language, school performance, and IQ was NOT ________

Socioeconomic

The GREATEST impact of the Hart and Risely study was?

early language exposure

What leads to strong neural connections?

repeated auditory stimulation

From birth throughout about 3 years of age, Each second represents the creation, by the brain, of seven hundred to one thousand additional _____ _______

neuronal connection

_____%-_____% of brain growth and development occurs within the first 3 years of life.

85%-90%

How does hearing help?

We are neurologically wired to develop spoken language and reading skills through the central auditory system.

Brain mapping shows that primary reading centers of the brain are located in the ____ _____

Auditory cortex

What was the Hart and Risley Project designed to do?

Enhance academic potential by intensively increasing their vocab.

Quantity outcome of Hart and Risely Project?

Lower SES homes heard far less language than higher SES

Quality outcome of the Hart and Risely Project?

Types of words and how they were spoken

What was the result of the Hart and Risely Project?

No matter how well or how poorly the children did academically, the early language environment was the significant factor.

“Get down”, “Put your shoes on”, “Finish your dinner” are examples ____ talk

Business

“What a big tree”, “This ice cream is yummy”, “Who’s Mommy’s big boy?” are examples of _____ talk

Extra

Maturation of the central auditory pathways is a ______ for normal development of speech and language skills.

pre-condition

What is the key to becoming a communicator?

Being treated as one

Learning speech and language is ____

social

What occurs when neural pathways die from not being used?

Synaptic pruning