Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
5 results found in Early Intervention.
- Babbling (Canonical Babbling, Prelinguistic Vocalization)
- The repetitive, syllable-like vocalizations produced by infants typically between 6 and 12 months of age as a precursor to spoken language. Babbling progresses through developmental stages from simple…
- Canonical Syllable (Canonical Babbling, Well-Formed Syllable)
- A canonical syllable is a well-formed syllable in infant babbling that consists of a consonant-like closure (closant) produced by an oral cavity constriction followed by a vowel-like opening (vocant).…
- Pre-speech Vocalizations (Pre-linguistic Vocalizations, Infant Vocalizations)
- Sounds produced by infants before the development of recognizable speech, including cooing, babbling, and other vocal productions. Pre-speech vocalizations are important predictors of later articulati…
- Prelinguistic Development (Pre-Speech Development, Prelinguistic Communication)
- Prelinguistic development refers to the stages of vocal and communicative development that occur before an infant produces meaningful words, typically spanning from birth to approximately 12-18 months…
- Rapid Auditory Processing (RAP, Auditory Temporal Processing)
- The ability to perceive and process rapidly changing auditory signals that occur within tens of milliseconds, such as the rapid frequency and amplitude transitions that characterise speech sounds. Rap…