According To Studies, Baby Intercentory Skills Contribute To Developing Language Ability

Illustration of intersensory skills that contribute to developing children's abilities in the language (Freepic/pch.vector)

YOGYAKARTA Intersensory skills are a match between vision and sound spoken. This skill develops in the first six months of infant age. The researchers tried to explore how the intersensorial skills contributed when they were babies to their language skills when they were toddlers.

This study uses a video of six different women speaking. While one dialogue is played, the baby's attention is accurately measured when viewing the video. The study found that higher accuracy in matching talks with speech at the age of six months correlated with more vocabulary at the age of 18, 24, and 36 months. Children are also more capable of speaking at the age of 18 and 24 months.

Researchers argue that getting more proficient with children in inter-sensory skills will have many opportunities to learn languages. The reason is, because they are skilled at matching vision to the spoken voice, it means they can pay attention to more complex language guidelines. This research also tests the attention of the baby by playing shocking video and toy sounds. Apparently, this is not correlated with the development of the child's language. With these findings, it shows that the ability to match the shape of the mouth with speech is very important for language development.

This study has limitations, that intersensory skills and language skills are correlational. That means intersensors are one of the predictors and need to take into account other important predictors such as the socio-economic status of the elderly. However, according to licensed clinical psychologist Caratur, Ph.D., parents can identify new factors that influence language development and find effective ways to overcome language delays in infants. Parents can also take steps below to support the success of intersensorial processing in their children.

Equivalent conversations help babies create an intersensorial relationship by using repetition and facial expressions and excessive tones. It is also able to maintain a better baby's attention and is related to the success of intersensorial processing.

In addition to clearly saying the words, move things when you say the word. Describe the texture and sensation when your baby touches something. Launching Psychology Today, Tuesday, September 5, this makes it easier for babies to connect words and meanings.

With a parallel position and eye contact, it is possible for interactions to occur. If interactions are awakened, the baby will easily focus attention on movement of the eyes, mouth, and face that sounds or says words.

Avoid blaming yourself if your child is late in speaking. Because many factors cover language learning, it is wise to seek professional help if your child experiences language delays.