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language development news

Play. It prepares us for learning and life

Writing as UNICEF Regional Ambassador for South Asia, Tendulkar expresses concern that children today have fewer opportunities to play because of shrinking open spaces, increasing academic pressure and growing screen time.
Updated on Jun 29, 2026 06:39 am IST

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language
Published on May 18, 2026 12:11 pm IST

Chronic ear infections in childhood can delay language development: Research

Chronic ear infections in childhood can delay language development: Research
Published on Jan 05, 2024 11:00 am IST

Engaging exercises to boost language development in toddlers

Engaging exercises to boost language development in toddlers
Published on Nov 07, 2023 09:16 am IST

Necessary to create Kannada speaking environment in Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah

Chief minister Siddaramaiah. (PTI)
Published on Oct 18, 2023 04:50 pm IST

Multilingualism: An enrichment for children's lives

Children can benefit greatly from growing up in a multilingual environment.
Published on Feb 06, 2023 03:29 pm IST

Gene mutation discovered that causes language impairment, ADHD and myasthenia

Gene mutation discovered that causes language impairment, ADHD and myasthenia
Published on Sept 23, 2022 02:15 pm IST

Language areas in the human brain have unique connections: Study

Language areas in the human brain have unique connections: Study
Published on Jul 31, 2022 09:15 am IST

World Braille Day today: Read about its origin and importance

Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a French man, who became blind at a young age because of an accident.
Published on Jan 04, 2022 11:47 am IST

Music lessons are the best investment for your kids

Learning to play an instrument gives kids an opportunity to engage in an artistic pursuit and pursue a hobby they can enjoy alone or with others.
Updated on Oct 18, 2020 05:12 pm IST

Smart jumpsuit to track neurological development, more of infants. Here’s how

In a first, researchers have come up with a smart jumpsuit that is capable of measuring the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants starting from the age of five months.
Updated on Feb 17, 2020 05:40 pm IST

Baby’s babbling can help predict future communication skills. Here’s how

The researchers added that the findings could be applied to help children at risk of language delay.
Updated on Sept 14, 2019 10:57 am IST

Poor motor skills might predict if autistic child is at language disability risk

In the second study of Canadian children with autism, researchers found that those with extremely delayed fine motor skills made fewer gains in expressive language.
Updated on Sept 12, 2019 02:13 pm IST

Race plays no role in kids’ language skills

The current study followed 1,292 children from birth and is part of the Family Life Project which focuses on disentangling race, socioeconomic status and educational attainment to better understand the factors that influence child outcomes.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 06:11 pm IST

Know how parents’ coaching improves infants’ language skills

Parentese can improve the infant’s language development
Updated on Nov 28, 2018 03:42 pm IST

Two girl children get gift of hearing by cochlear implant surgery in Patna

Each cochlear implant surgery cost under 5 lakh. This includes the cost of cochlear implant ( 4.07 lakh), three-year speech therapy programme ( 10,000), operation charge ( 10,000)
Published on Nov 15, 2018 07:43 am IST

Vitamin D can help improve weight of malnourished kids, language development

Vitamin D can help in improving the health of malnourished kids.
Updated on May 02, 2018 04:38 pm IST

The habit of reading is the best gift you can give your kid on Children’s Book Day

The minds of young children are like sponges, they have the ability to absorb a lot more than adults do, and they are able to acquire thousands of words and use them to communicate.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 01:26 pm IST