How did vocal language originate? Before trying to determine how referential vocabulary or syntax may have arisen, it is critical explain ancient hominins began produce vocalization flexibly, without binding emotions functions. A crucial factor in the communicative split of from ape background thus been copious, functionally flexible vocalization, starting infancy and continuing throughout life, long before there were more advanced linguistic features such as vocabulary. 2-3 month-old modern...

Human infant vocalization is viewed as a critical foundation for vocal learning and language. All apes share distress sounds (shrieks cries) laughter. Another type, speech-like sounds, common in human infants, rare but not absent other apes. These three types form basis especially informative cross-species comparisons. To make such comparisons possible we need empirical research documenting the frequency of occurrence all three. The present work provides comprehensive portrayal these from...

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Research on infant vocal development has provided notable insights into interaction with caregivers, elucidating growth in foundations for language through parental elicitation and reaction to vocalizations. A role vocalizations produced endogenously, potentially providing raw material a basis the capacity itself, received less attention. We report that laboratory recordings of infants their parents, bulk speech-like vocalizations, or "protophones", were directed toward no one instead...

A growing body of research emphasizes both endogenous and social motivations in human vocal development. Our own efforts seek to establish an evolutionary developmental perspective on the existence usage speech-like vocalizations (“protophones”) first year life. We evaluated relative occurrence protophones 40 typically developing infants across second-half based longitudinal all-day recordings. Infants showed strong motivation vocalize, producing vastly more during independent exploration...

Non-random exploration of infant speech-like vocalizations (e.g., squeals, growls, and vowel-like sounds or "vocants") is pivotal in speech development. This type vocal exploration, often noticed when infants produce particular types clusters, serves two crucial purposes: it establishes a foundation for because requires formation new categories, as basis signaling wellness interaction with caregivers. Despite the significance clustering, existing research has largely relied on subjective...

This study explores vocal development as an early marker of autism, focusing on canonical babbling rate and onset, typically established by 7 months. Previous reports suggested delayed or reduced in infants later diagnosed with but the story may be complicated. We present a prospective 44 autism spectrum disorder compared 127 identified developing who were followed longitudinally day-long recordings from 0 to 13 Eight 5-min segments each their coded for noncanonical syllables. The results...

Purpose: This study examined the effect of open access (OA) status on scholarly and societal metrics impact (citation counts altmetric scores, respectively) across manuscripts published in American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Journals. Method: Three thousand four hundred nineteen active ASHA Journals were grouped three statuses based their availability to public: Gold OA, Green Closed Access. Two linear mixed-effects models tested effects OA citation scores manuscripts....

Both vocalization and gesture are universal modes of communication fundamental features language development. The gestural origins theory proposes that evolved out early use. However, evidence reported here suggests is much more prominent in human than is. To our knowledge no prior research has investigated the rates emergence both across first year infants. We evaluated gestures speech-like vocalizations (protophones) 10 infants at 4, 7, 11 months age using parent-infant laboratory...

Open science is a collection of practices that seek to improve the accessibility, transparency, and replicability science. Although these have garnered interest in related fields, it remains unclear whether open been adopted field communication sciences disorders (CSD). This study aimed survey knowledge, implementation, perceived benefits barriers CSD.

There are many theories surrounding infant imitation; however, there is no research to our knowledge evaluating the reliability of listener perception vocal imitation in prelinguistic infants. This paper evaluates intra- and inter-rater judgments on degree "imitativeness" utterances infants below 12 months age. 18 listeners were presented audio segments selected from naturalistic recordings represent each case a parent model followed by an utterance ranging low high degrees imitativeness....

To examine speech impairment severity classification over time in a longitudinal cohort of children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between functional communication skills, underlying speech, language, and cognitive impairments school-based speech pathology services in students with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Thirty-five participants CP who had Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) were classified according Communication Function Classification System (CFCS). Participants completed laboratory assessments receptive executive functioning, nonverbal...

Purpose: This study is a preliminary quantification and characterization of the development marginal canonical syllable patterns in 10 infants at risk for cerebral palsy (CP). Method: We calculated babbling ratios from parent–infant laboratory recordings two time points, approximately 13 16 months age. The frequency diversity labial, coronal, velar types syllables were also examined. Differences across three outcome groups compared: later diagnosed with CP ( n = 3, group), due to ongoing...

Purpose: Open science is a collection of practices that seek to improve the accessibility, transparency, and replicability science. Though these have garnered interest in related fields, it remains unclear whether open been adopted field communication sciences disorders (CSD). This study aimed survey knowledge, implementation, perceived benefits barriers CSD.Method: An online was disseminated researchers United States actively engaged CSD research. Four core were examined: pre-registration,...

Non-random exploration of infant speech-like vocalizations (e.g., squeals, growls, and vowel- like sounds or "vocants") is pivotal in speech development. This type vocal exploration, often noticed when infants produce particular types clusters, serves two crucial purposes: it establishes a foundation for because requires formation new categories, as basis signaling wellness interaction with caregivers. Despite the significance clustering, existing research has largely relied on subjective...

This study explores vocal development as an early marker of autism, focusing on canonical babbling (CB) rate and onset, typically established by seven months. Previous reports suggested delayed or reduced CB in infants later diagnosed with but the story may be complicated. We present a prospective 44 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared 127 identified developing (TD) who were followed longitudinally day-long recordings from 0-13 Eight 5-minute segments each their coded for non-canonical...

This study aimed to investigate the vocal characteristics of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and anarthria using stage model development.

Abstract Research on infant vocal development has provided notable insights into interaction with caregivers, elucidating growth in foundations for language through parental elicitation and reaction to vocalizations. A role vocalizations produced endogenously, potentially providing raw material a basis the capacity itself, received less attention. We report that laboratory recordings of infants their parents, bulk speech-like vocalizations, or “protophones”, were directed toward no one...