Impact of Exposure to Television and Electronic Devices on Attention and Language in Children

Impact of Exposure to Television and Electronic Devices on Attention and Language in Children

The objective is to examine association between TV exposure ,mobile device use and other electronic devices on attention and language development in children.

During the last few years, the time spent in front of various screens including:TV Sets, vedio games, smart phones &computers has dramatically increased Television remains the predominant type of screen based activity among children.

Some studies showed that this trend has astrong negative influence on language development of children.

On the other hand.,other studies showed that infant directed informal computer use can be beneficial for language development in children.

Some studies proved that language development and vocabulary growth in young children are directly related to the amount of time parents spend speaking to them & also reported that on examining language perception learning &language production learning human human interactions had a strong influence on child's language development.

In spite of that, some parents believe that media content is educative for their children as increase their knowledge, other parents admitted to limiting their children's screen time to avoid conflict & social isolation or distract children as they encourage parent children education to reinforce their relationship with their children.

Other researches proved that young children who spend more time on touch screen devices were more likely to have emotional problems .

In this study the investigators will discuss the positive and negative effects of screen exposure on attention and langage development of children.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children aged from 2-6 years collected from clinics of phoniatrics.

2. A questionnaire will be given to their mothers inquiring about

   1. the age of child at first exposure to TV or electronic devices .
   2. the time of exposure to TV or electronic devices /day
   3. duration of viewing TV or electronic devices from first exposure until participation of this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. IQ test less than 80 (any mental disabilities )
2. Hearing impairement .
3. physical or motor.
4. history of active language intervention before study.