A first-of-its kind study has found that for every minute of screen time toddlers are exposed to at home, they hear fewer adult words, make fewer vocalisations and engage in fewer back-and-forth conversations with their parents. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2024
• March

If there’s one thing modern researchers and health professionals now understand, it’s that for so many diseases and conditions affecting children and adolescents, early intervention is crucial. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• July

Children with intellectual disability who underwent gastrostomy – a feeding tube placed into the stomach – had better overall health and fewer hospitalisations for all causes except acute respiratory illnesses, research led by the Telethon Kids Institute has found. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• January