Early Language in Victoria Study (ELVS)

Research area: Clinical Sciences > Speech and Language | Status: Active

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The ELVS study

This study aims to learn more about how language develops from infancy (eight months) to adolescence and in particular, why language development is more difficult for some children.

This study aims to learn more about how language develops from infancy (eight months) to adolescence and in particular, why language development is more difficult for some children.

Overview

This study is internationally unique in its coverage from the first year of life and in its depth of data from multi-source informant questionnaires of:

  • direct assessment in language-related dimensions (speech, vocabulary, fluency literacy, cognition)
  • psycho-social and educational domains (social, emotional and behavioural development
  • quality of life, educational achievement, health care utilisation) and
  • linkage to nationally acquired academic achievement data.

Researchers can visit Lifecourse to view a full list of domains and measures used at each wave of the study.

ELVS was designed to better understand language development, trajectories from infancy through to middle childhood, the emergence of language difficulties, and factors that predict later outcomes. This information will be helpful in developing early intervention and prevention programs for children.

Frequently asked questions

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