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<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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info-childes@mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alcock, Katherine<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 17 October 2005 7:20
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
info-childes@mail.talkbank.org; dev-europe@lboro.ac.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Dummy/pacifier use and
speech development</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There
has been a new recommendation out recently that infants be offered pacifiers to
put them to sleep, which is supposed to help prevent SIDS. About the
first thing mothers in the UK say to me when they hear I study oral motor
skills and speech is "oh, we never use a dummy" or "my sister
gave hers a dummy, it's very bad for their speech, isn't it?" I
expect this to re-emerge with this new advice, and I've even heard from speech
therapists that they are supposed to be linked to lisps. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I
have heard this much less frequently from US parents than UK parents - I think
using a dummy is much more stigmatised over here, and this makes me suspicious
of un-referenced advice even from health professionals. And I have been
able to find absolutely no evidence one way or the other - Medline and Psycinfo
searches bring up nothing (some work on dental problems - which don't seem to
be linked).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Does
anyone know of any studies?</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>thanks</span></font>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Katie
Alcock</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Katie
Alcock, DPhil</span></font> <br>
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