BMJ 2000;320:836-838 ( 25 March )

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Recognition of television images as a developmental milestone in young children: observational study

B W Lloyd, consultant paediatrician,  K Brodie, paediatric senior registrar. 

Children's Department, North Middlesex Hospital, London N18 1QX

Correspondence to: Dr Lloyd, Child Health, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG blloyd{at}rfhsm.ac.uk

Objectives: To determine the age at which children with apparently normal development can recognise the television image of a cat, dog, or baby.
Design: Observational study.
Setting: District general hospital in north London.
Subjects: 797 children with apparently normal development aged between 8 and 23 months and 26 children with Down's syndrome aged 18 months.
Outcome measures: Whether or not the child recognised the television image of a cat, dog, or baby by naming, imitating, or pointing at the image.
Results: By 18 months of age 96% (95% confidence interval 94% to 98%) of normal children recognised the television image of a cat, dog, or baby compared with 5 of 26 (19%) children with Down's syndrome.
Conclusion: Recognition of the television image of a cat, dog, or baby is a simple milestone, which may help in the developmental assessment of young children.

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