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Exploring Early Speech and Language Development: Interview with Catherine Laing

Early Excellence Podcast

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The Role of Muscle Development in Language Development

Teachers will be testing children at four months and three years old to see if their tongue movements in infancy might be linked to their ability to learn words. It would have really important implications for future language abilities as well. Does that muscular development lead to better language or does early production like good like earlier production of speech sounds like babble do that support muscular development so yes the chicken or the egg what came first there muscle development of language development yeah yeah interesting stuff Catherine it's been fantastic to speak to thank you so much  and this is our last episode before Easter break.

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