babytalk Research

Affiliated Institutions

Other Language Labs
We share our interest in research on the topics of Infant Language and Language Development with a number of other labs around the world, and we are happy to provide links to a few of them here for our visitors' benefit.

Cochlear Implant and Language Development Resources
Links on this page are external to this web site. We cannot be responsible for their content, however, we feel they are relevant to our research, as well as being informative for our visitors.

Cochlear Implants and Hearing Loss

Early Identification of Hearing Impairment in Infants and Young Children This is the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement from March of 1993. It explains early identification of hearing loss in infants and young children and the importance of early identification.
University of Michigan Health System - Cochlear Implants Informative page on Cochlear implants from the University of Michigan Hospital Service.
How a Cochlear Implant works. A short QuickTime movie illustrating the way a cochlear implant works. This movie is from the Advanced Bionics Corporation web site. Advanced Bionics is a supplier of cochlear implants.

Language Development

Speech and Language Delays/Disorders This page includes links to information about delays and disorders provided by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) as well as other sources.