Research Database

Individual differences in the development of gendered speech in preschool children: evidence from a longitudinal study

Topic:

Not Recorded

Journal/Publication:

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Year:

2022
Participant Age Range:
28 –
39 months

Sample Size:

110

Participant Language:

English

Abstract:

Purpose: We evaluated whether naive listeners’ ratings of the gender typicality of the speech of children assigned male at birth (AMAB) and children assigned female at birth (AFAB) were different at two time points: one at which children were 2.5–3.5 years old and one when they were 4.5–5.5 years old. We also examined whether measures of speech, language, and inhibitory control predicted developmental changes in these ratings.