[Nfbnet-members-list] Research Participation Request: Early Language Acquisition with Sensory Impairment (ELASI)

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Research Participation Request: Early Language Acquisition with Sensory
Impairment (ELASI)

 

The below research participant solicitation is being provided for
informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no
involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute to our
research mission.

 

Research Title: Early Language Acquisition with Sensory Impairment (ELASI)

 

Being conducted by: Harvard University

 

Purpose of the Study

While vision or hearing loss affects >170,000 children under 4 in the U.S.,
we know little about how language unfolds in children with severe or
profound vision or hearing impairments, and even less about the links
between early language input and later outcomes in such children. Indeed,
children are generally diagnosed with a language delay or deficit when they
are late to start talking, which can be months or even years after they've
begun understanding language. In this study, we ask: Does the language
environment of deaf and blind toddlers differ from typically developing
peers? Does the sensory experience you have access to affect how you learn
language?

 

Role of the Participants and Anticipated Length of the Study 

There are different options for those who wish to participate, including a
home-recording, play session, or online surveys. For the home recording,
your child will be given a vest to wear and a small, child-safe audio
recording device to put inside the vest pocket. You will turn on the
recorder when your child wakes up on the day of the recording, and leave the
vest and recorder on for the whole day. The recorder can be left on for naps
or placed beside the child's bed while they are sleeping. After recording
one day (16 hours), the recorder will automatically turn itself off. The
recorder and vest can be returned to the Bergelson Lab either with a prepaid
envelope in the mail, staff member pickup, or the lab can arrange for you to
drop it off at Harvard. For the play session, you and your child will be
invited to the Bergelson Lab on Harvard's Campus for an hour-long visit
centered around a 30-minute play session. Researchers will record a video of
you and your child playing with toys in the lab. There is also an option to
participate only in survey data collection, and not in the home recording
session or lab visit.

 

Proposed Participant Compensation

Yes, Participants will be compensated $55 for participation in the home
recording session and completion of surveys and/or $40 for the play session
and surveys. The child will also receive a small gift, such as a book,
t-shirt, or toy, to commemorate their participation. Additionally,
participants who choose to only complete the survey portion of this research
study will be compensated $20.

 

Link or Instructions for Participants to Enter the Study 

To find out more or sign up to participate, please contact the Bergelson Lab
at bergelsonlab at fas.harvard.edu <mailto:bergelsonlab at fas.harvard.edu> !

 

Contact the following individual with any questions 

Sophie Schoenbohm

612-644-3396

sschoenbohm at fas.harvard.edu <mailto:sschoenbohm at fas.harvard.edu>  

 

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