The Speech Neural Encoding Test for Early Infancy
Grant Data
Project Title
The Speech Neural Encoding Test for Early Infancy
Principal Investigator
Professor To, Kit Sum
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
36
Start Date
2023-02-01
Amount
453600
Conference Title
The Speech Neural Encoding Test for Early Infancy
Keywords
Speech Neural Encoding Test, Early Infancy
Discipline
Education
HKU Project Code
ITB/FBL/C060/21/P
Grant Type
Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living (FBL)
Status
On-going
Objectives
- To develop an auditory assessment tool, the Speech Neural Encoding Test for Early Infancy, to measure howprecisely a young infant’s brain can process speech, which will assist with screening for language impairment.Early detection will allow for intervention to be described at the earliest possible time.- This test will be developed based on research published by the Project Coordinator (Wong et al., 2021,AJSLP), which shows that the precision of infants’ speech processing is positively associated with futurelanguage development.- After development in the first year, the test will be deployed for two years to benefit 600 Chinese-learninginfants.