P2LINK - The Perception- Production | David jose |
Summary :
Expand the testing of sensorimotor influences on infant speech perception to a novel phoneme contrast and beyond segmental phonology, including prosodic distinctions (> perception of word stress and intonation contrasts); Offer the first study on whether infants spontaneously move their tongue when listening to speech; Measure the relation between later language outcomes and the impact of sensorimotor influences on early speech perception; Design and test a pacifiershaped device that may be amply used in clinical populations to improve oral morphology, and that is validated from the auditory-motor perspective as not restricting perceptual abilities; Assess the benefits of the device both for oral morphology and language development through a longitudinal intervention study with infants with Down Syndrome. A series of studies of sensorimotor influences in typically developing 6- montholds. Combining cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, experimental online measures of auditory processing, tongue shape/movement, parental reports, and language assessment tools, and a longitudinal intervention study. The project will be presented in general form, and his preliminary results depending on the work done until the conference.
About Author :
Degree in Medicine in 1991. Postgraduation in Orthodontics at the European Orthodontics Centre (1988), Postgraduation in Patients with Neurological Deviations at Fundación Sonnenschein (1997), Postgraduation in - Patient Management with Intravenous Sedation and Nitrogen Protoxide Sedation in General Dentistry (New York, 1998), and Postgraduation in Orthodontics (New York University, 2000). Ph.D. in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in 2000. Currently, he is the Director of the Specialization Program in Pediatric Dentistry at FMDUP (180 ECTS). Developing P2LINK Project with Lisbon Baby Lab– Fundação para a ciência e tecnologia.
