PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Caroline Ahearne
AU  - Sinead Dilworth
AU  - Rachel Rollings
AU  - Vicki Livingstone
AU  - Deirdre Murray
TI  - Touch-screen technology usage in toddlers
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309278
DP  - 2016 Feb 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 181--183
VI  - 101
IP  - 2
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/2/181.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/2/181.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2016 Feb 01; 101
AB  - Objective To establish the prevalence and patterns of use of touch-screen technologies in the toddler population.Design Parental questionnaires were completed for children aged 12 months to 3 years examining access to touch-screen devices and ability to perform common forms of interaction with touch-screen technologies.Results The 82 questionnaires completed on typically developing children revealed 71% of toddlers had access to touch-screen devices for a median of 15 min (IQR: 9.375–26.25) per day. By parental report, 24 months was the median age of ability to swipe (IQR: 19.5–30.5), unlock (IQR: 20.5–31.5) and active looking for touch-screen features (IQR: 22–30.5), while 25 months (IQR: 21–31.25) was the median age of ability to identify and use specific touch-screen features. Overall, 32.8% of toddlers could perform all four skills.Conclusions From 2 years of age toddlers have the ability to interact purposefully with touch-screen devices and demonstrate a variety of common skills required to utilise touch-screen technology.