| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purposes of our study were as followings: 1) to clarify the characteristics of behavioral development in VLBW and ELBW infants compared with normal birth weight (NBW) infants, 2) to examine an observational method for evaluating behavioral development in infants, and 3）to evaluate the language development in very low birth weight infants by phonetical analysis.
Our study revealed that behavior observation is a useful and reliable method for evaluating children’s development during early infancy. There are significant differences in behavioral development among VLBW, ELBW, and NBW infants. The observation suggests that ELBW infants might have higher possibility of developmental delay. Furthermore, we assessed the language development of them by phonetic analysis. Evaluation of infants’ voice might be useful to predict behavioral problems of the children at around 24 months old.
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