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Participate in a Study

Thank you to the junior scientists and their families who have participated in our studies and helped us learn about language, speech and motor development. We are always looking for children to be junior scientists in our lab.

What will my child do if they participate in a research study?

In some studies, children will say sounds, words and sentences. While children talk, we also record speech movements. Children wear small markers on their face and on special sports glasses. Many children have worn these markers and helped us learn about language and speech motor development. Over 500 children have participated in our studies.

We also study how children move their hands when they produce gestures or sign language, play music by drumming or clapping, or produce patterns with their hands.

Child engage in play while we collect a language sample and learn about spontaneous communication.

Parents will also receive a free speech, language, and hearing evaluation for their child that will be provided to you if you want.

Who can participate?

In our current studies, children are between 4 and 10 years of age. Our studies include children with language difficulties (DLD), speech sound difficulties (SSD), and typical speech and language development. Children need to have been exposed to English during their first year of life and use English as their primary language, though they can be bilingual or multilingual.

Study Duration

Our experiments include between one and 10 visits. Each visit is approximately one hour in length.

Compensation

Children with receive a small toy each visit and parents will be paid $20/session.

Interested in joining a study? Contact languageinmotion@boystown.org. ​