Media Coverage

Press & Media Coverage:

Coverage of Polka, Masapollo, & Ménard, 2021, JSLHR                                     

• MSN: ‘Baby Talk’ Is Really Helping Baby Learn
• The Doctor Will See You Now: What Baby Talk Does for Infants’ Language Development
• California News Times: It could help them learn to make words
• CTV News: Study finds speaking baby talk to infants may help them learn real words
• London Daily Mirror: Parents are right to use baby babble
• Health Day: ‘Baby Talk’ Is Really Helping Baby Learn
• Granthshala News: ‘Baby talk’ isn’t just cute! Speaking to your infant in exaggerated, singsong tones can help them learn to make words, study finds
• Neuroscience News: Speaking “Baby Talk” to Infants Isn’t Just Cute: It Could Help Them Learn to Make Words
• The Daily Mail UK: “‘Baby talk’ isn’t just cute! Speaking to your infant in exaggerated, singsong tones can help them learn to make words, study finds.”
• ScienceDaily: “From the mouths of babies: Infants really enjoy hearing from their peers”

Coverage of Masapollo et al., 2021, JASA-EL                              

Issue cover of Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Express Letters (Vol. 1, No. 10, 10/2021)

• Hearing Health Foundation: “Verifying a novel method for assessing speech motor skills in children with cochlear implants”
• University of Florida Health, Public Relations: “UF findings may lead to new field of study in speech production among users of cochlear implants”         

Coverage of Masapollo et al., 2018, JEP:HPP                                 

• Brown University Science News: “Study reveals vision’s role in vowel perception”
• Neuroscience News: “Study reveals vision’s role in vowel perception”
• ScienceDaily: “Vision’s role in vowel perception”
• EurekaAlert! The Global Source for News (AAAS): “Vision’s role in vowel perception”

Coverage of Masapollo et al., 2016, Developmental Science                                    

• CNN: “Global ‘goo-goo’: What baby talk sounds like around the world”
• The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Leader: “Babies want to listen to other babies”
• Grow by WebMD: “Babies like to hear other babies”
• Smithsonian.com: “The many ways baby talk gives infant brains a boost”
• ScienceDaily: “Baby talk: babies prefer listening to their own kind”
• CBC Toronto: “‘Goo goo gaa gaa’: Infants prefer baby talk, research shows”
• The Daily Mail UK: “Shhh, mummy! Babies prefer each other’s voices because it helps them learn to talk, researchers claim”
• Huffington Post: “Babies prefer listening to each other than to adults – as it helps them learn to speak