Describing the home language learning envrionment of toddlers with Down syndrome using the LENA system

This is a completed project.

Description

This project is gathering information about the nature of the home language envrionment of toddlers by testing a new digital speech recorder called LENA (Language Environment Analysis). The goal is to learn more about communications patterns between infants and toddlers with Down syndrome and their parents during natural home routines. Outcomes of this project have the potential to guide language treatment programs in the home and early intervention centers.

Project Administration

Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, principal investigator

Nancy Brady, co-investigator

Steve Warren, co-investigator

Project Contact

Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Research Professor
Juniper Gardens Children's Project
Mailing Address:
1052 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555
thiemann@ku.edu
785-864-0528 (phone)
785-864-5323 (fax)


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