Do verbal interactions with infants during electronic media exposure mitigate adverse impacts on their language development as toddlers?

Mendelsohn, Alan L.; Brockmeyer, Carolyn A.; Dreyer, Benard P.; Fierman, Arthur H.; Berkule‐Silberman, Samantha B.; Tomopoulos, Suzy

doi:10.1002/icd.711

Do verbal interactions with infants during electronic media exposure mitigate adverse impacts on their language development as toddlers?

The goal of this study was to determine whether verbal interactions between mothers and their 6‐month‐old infants during media exposure (‘media verbal interactions’) might have direct positive impacts, or mitigate any potential adverse impacts of media exposure, on language development at 14 mont…