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Language environment and parent-infant close contact in neonatal care, and emerging lexical abilities of very preterm children- a longitudinal study

Topic:

Preterm

Journal/Publication:

Acta Paediatrica

Year:

2023
Participant Age Range:
0 –
18 months

Sample Size:

43

Participant Language:

Finnish, Other

Abstract:

Purpose: Measuring language input, especially for infants growing up in bilingual environments, is challenging. Although the ways to measure input have expanded rapidly in recent years, there are many unresolved issues. In this study, we compared different measurement units and sampling methods used to estimate bilingual input in naturalistic daylong recordings.