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What's New?

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Our Second Newsletter is released

Events

We are hoping to organize a ‘Summer Lab’ during August where we will be running several different studies involving children. Watch here for more information about this exciting opportunity for you and your child to participate in.

New Studies

We are now conducting the following new studies:

1. Nottingham Prematurity Project.

In this study we are investigating motor and cognitive development in a group of children that were born very premature, who are now aged 8-10 years. We are scanning their brains to see how they have developed. We are comparing the development of the preterm children to children that were born at term who are also aged 8-10 years. This will tell us about how premature birth influences neurodevelopment. Click here for further details.

2. Brain Tumour Study.

In this study we are investigating how young children that have suffered a brain tumour in the preschool period develop motor and cognitive skills and we are comparing their development to healthy children of the same age. Click here for further details.

3. Food Preference Study.

In this study we are investigating how food preferences develop during the preschool period. We are hoping to find out which factors influence how young children come to like some foods and dislike others. Click here for further details.

4. Hearing Test Study.

This study is being conducted by the Institute of Hearing Research at the University of Nottingham.
Details about the study are given below

Making a hearing test more child-friendly

We are checking if a new method of testing hearing is as good as the usual method used in hearing clinics. The new method, which we call PLAY-ME, uses a computer programme and has jolly cartoon figures to present the sounds. We need to test as many young children as possible to check if:

1. PLAY-ME is as good as the usual method for testing hearing
2. The instructions for PLAY-ME are easier for young children to understand
3. PLAY-ME is better for keeping children focused on the test, and
4. If it is more enjoyable for young children to do
The Institute of Hearing Research is running this research which will be starting late summer/early autumn.