How home noise affects children's development
Official title: How noise in the home environment impacts children's development
Funded at Univ of Maryland, College Park · NIH-11596856 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A study looking at how everyday sounds at home influence how young children learn language and pay attention.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Univ of Maryland, College Park NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (College Park, United States) |
| Project start | September 10, 2026 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $725,000 |
| NIH project number | 1R56HD118037-01A1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11596856 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Children aged 0-11 years with parental consent and ability to participate in home recordings and lab visits.
✕Less likely to help
Very young children or those unable to participate in home-recording or lab sessions may not benefit.
What this research studies
This project will track children aged 0-11 by using long recordings at home to capture everyday noise and then bring them to the lab to test language skills, attention, and word learning. Researchers will connect real-world home noise data with lab-based language outcomes for each child to understand the relationship between environment and development. The goal is to reveal how different levels and types of home noise may help or hinder language growth and attentional abilities over time.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, findings could inform guidelines for home environments to support language development and attention in children.
How similar studies have gone: Prior work shows noise affects language processing in controlled settings; this study extends it to real-home environments with the same children.
Where this research is happening
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Univ of Maryland, College Park
College Park, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Newman, Rochelle S — Univ of Maryland, College Park
- Study coordinator: Newman, Rochelle S
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.