Impact of Excessive Screen Time on Speech & Language in Children
Keywords:
screen time, speech delay, effect of screen time, language development, children, negative effect, medica useAbstract
Excessive use of screen time can negatively affect children's development of speech and language as well as other characteristics. Other researches also been conducted on screen time's influence on children's development. In this review, we examine the literature review done nationally and internationally. For this purpose, the researcher used two methods: (1) searches from different databases (Google Scholar, PubMed, Google and Research Gate) and (2) Reference sections of previous studies. The maximum effect of screen time reported in the John JJ study, where 89.4% have excessive screen use. The minimum impact written in a study by Meta Van Den, which showed that only 6.6% of the patient reported speech delays due to media usage. The findings that have been analyzed in this study point to access the strategies to recede the habit of using electronic media in youngsters as it is impacting their speech and language development and causing attention, vision and other health problems. However, more researches are mandatory to
examine several factors that lead to excessive screen time.
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