Dad says Google Home helped his son with language deficits to say his first word

This video shows that digital home assistants that are becoming must-have features in our houses might have an unexpected role in the development of children with language deficits. 

Patrick Crispen, an assistant professor of clinical medical education at Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, has posted on Reddit a clip which purportedly depicts his 19-month-old son saying his first and only word "Google" when their Google Home replicates animal sounds. 

Crispen son is in speech/language therapy because of "significant receptive and expressive language deficits," Crispen says in the Reddit and YouTube description.  Read more...