2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Assessment of language development in very low birth weight infants by phonetic analysis
| Project/Area Number |
25461550
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Pediatrics
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKIGUCH Tetsuya 神戸大学, 都市安全研究センター, 准教授 (40397815)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 音声解析 / 超低出生体重児 / 極低出生体重児 / 共同注意 / M-CHAT / 自閉スペクトラム症 / 喃語 |
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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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| Free Research Field |
発達小児科学
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