Expert Speech Therapist Yasemin Tekin drew attention to the fact that technology products, which have taken up a large part of our lives in recent years, can have vital effects on children. "Especially in the last 15-20 years, if there are people around you who have difficulty speaking and whose language and speech development has not been completed, the main reason is these devices," he said. Tekin also emphasized that such devices are not only limited to speech, but also seriously increase the symptoms of autism in children, and warned parents about this.
Expert Speech Therapist Yasemin Tekin made vital warnings about the technology products that have taken up a large part of our lives, especially in recent years. Tekin noted that while there was only a television in the past, today we have become familiar with countless technological materials such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, and that this poses threats the most to children, and said, "Especially in the last 15-20 years, there are people around us who have difficulty in speaking, language and speech development." "If there are incomplete people, the main reason is these devices," he said.
"USE OF THOSE DEVICES IS NOT AN INDICATION OF INTELLIGENCE"…
Since such technological devices are designed to be used by everyone, children's use of these devices is not a sign of intelligence. " Tekin said in his statement: "The use of such devices, especially in the pre-school period, which is between the ages of 0-5, negatively affects the child's cognitive and language-speech development.
On the contrary, these devices produce one-sided After a certain period of time, sounds will turn into background noise for children, which will fill their empty consciousness. Since children only use receptive language on devices that hinder communication, such as television, their expressive language does not develop. This causes delayed language and speech. Since their empty consciousness is filled with a lot of unnecessary information, other problems arise such as difficulty in making eye contact, paying attention, perceiving what is said, and communicating.
Tekin emphasized that the effects of such devices are not only limited to speech, but also seriously increase the symptoms of autism in children, and completed his warnings as follows: "Autism occurs before the age of three." It is a disorder that begins in early childhood and lasts a lifetime, harms social interaction and communication, causes limited and repetitive behaviors, and prevents the development of the brain.
Not only the child who suffers from the disorder, but also his entire family has to suffer from this problem throughout his life. The sensitivity of the issue can be clearly understood even from here. Technological devices such as phones and tablets also cause auditory processing disorders. This disorder affects integration, auditory encoding, and the flow of speech in children. "In order for children to complete their normal development, they should be kept away from technology as much as possible in the first years of life, and they should be taught how to use technology usefully, effectively and efficiently during this period."
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