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Television blamed for switching babies off speech
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The Independent - London
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January 10, 1996
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One in five children are slow learning to speak because they
are being drowned out by television, according to a leading speech
therapist.
A study by Dr Sally Ward, considered one of Britain's foremost
experts on language development in children, revealed that infants
of eight months did not know their names, as would normally be
expected at that age. They could not identify or respond to
everyday words like "juice" or "bricks" because television had
killed conversation in their homes.
The study of 1,000 babies identified families who had as many as
two televisions on in the house at the one time with no one
speaking to the baby. According to Dr Ward, children were only
spoken to regularly ...
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