Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Phonological Development(also: Speech Sound Development, Phonological Acquisition)
- The process by which children learn to produce and organise the speech sounds of their language, progressing from early cooing and vowel-like sounds through canonical babbling (consonant-vowel syllables) to recognisable words and complex phonological patterns. Phonological…
- Prelinguistic Development(also: 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. This development progresses through recognized stages: the Phonation Stage…
- Preverbal Communication(also: Prelinguistic Communication)
- The stage of communication development before the consistent use of recognizable words, typically occurring in neurotypical children between birth and approximately 12 months of age. Preverbal communication includes vocalizations (babbling, cooing), gestures, eye gaze, facial…
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