Key Points
Question
Was a clinic-based multimodel intervention, including a smartphone app and coaching, associated with improved language environment for children 2 to 12 months of age?
Findings
A pre-post study was conducted for 61 families with children aged 2 to 12 months. The intervention was associated with significant improvements in the Developmental Snapshot score and mean
z
scores for adult word count and parent-child conversational turns, but there were no improvements in mean
z
score for child vocalization count.
Meaning
A multifaceted clinic-based approach to promote parent-child interactions holds some promise, but larger studies are warranted to assess effectiveness and broader generalizability.
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