Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Influence of Caregiver Input and Dyadic Arrangement on Naturalistic Communication Sampling for Children With Neurogenetic Syndromes
Purpose: Natural communication samples are a useful tool for measuring social communication and language remotely via telehealth, particularly for children with low-incidence neurogenetic syndromes (NGS). The purpose of this study is to examine how dyadic factors (caregiver language input, dyadic positioning, and dyadic proximity) impact measures of social communication derived from remotely collected caregiver–child communication samples in children with and without NGS. Method: Participants included 72 young chil …