“Dr. Holt, I need you to come listen to one of my second graders. This is one of my best students, but I’m worried I might be overlooking a speech or language disorder—I’m just not sure,” the teacher ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A 5-year-old wearing headphones is instructed by a prerecorded voice to repeat what they hear word for word. Such a test, called sentence recall, measures auditory processing, memory ...

Apraxia of speech is treatable with specialized speech-language therapy. A Speech-Language Pathologist with specialized training at Midwestern University shares signs to watch for and the treatment ...

Having obtained these results when looking at developmental language disorder, the researchers are now studying the role of multimodal cues, i.e. messages that incorporate both speech prosody and ...

Children who face challenges with speech or language often struggle not just in school, but also in everyday situations. Speech therapy provides targeted support that helps kids improve their ...

Four boys sit around the table, each with their assigned student clinician, decorating their cardboard rockets with tissue paper. This is not an ordinary craft time or summer camp, however. Each child ...

Words Matter is one of the mottos at the child language center and preschool, Wings On Words. When walking through the midtown Tucson school, each classroom gets a little louder as the children get ...

Communication disorders are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that involve persistent problems related to language and speech. They most commonly occur in children but can persist into ...

Cochlear implants give children with profound hearing loss a much better chance to learn spoken language. However, the sounds ...

Communication disorders are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that involve persistent problems related to language and speech. They most commonly occur in children but can persist into ...