Handheld screen use in toddlers linked to speech delays, study finds

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Smartphone, tablet use may up speech delay in infants

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"While new pediatric guidelines suggest limiting screen time for babies and toddlers, we believe that the use of smartphones and tablets with young children has ...

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I had never thought about that last question until a new study, released Thursday and being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, ...

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PAS: Screen Time Affects Speech Development in Young Children

Doctors Lounge-12 hours ago

The findings support a recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy recommendation to discourage any type of screen media in children younger than ...

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Screens Slow Toddlers' Speech Development (CNN)

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... an association and it does support the current recommendation" from the American Academy of Pediatrics that urges no device use in this age group.

Toddlers' screen time linked to slower speech development, study ...

PBS NewsHour-15 hours ago

Hand-held screens might delay a child's ability to form words, based on new research being presented this week at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies ...