A child’s first word can be a meaningful milestone for parents. But sometimes, children don’t have to say anything at all to teach us about how they develop their earliest vocabularies. Arielle ...

Previous studies have reported that the cerebellum, which is most well-known for coordinating the body’s movements, is also ...

Specific language impairment (SLI) is a language disorder that affects growing children, who find it inexplicably difficult to pick up the spoken language skills that their peers acquire so ...

With this BS degree, you will have the qualified coursework to apply to a speech-language pathology or Audiology graduate program. Each of the disciplines serves populations across the lifespan, ...

Can we be conscious without language? Does language influence our conscious experience? These questions, which are central to understanding the human mind, have been explored by researchers at the ...

New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children. This is shown by two studies based on more than 6,000 children. New ...

Language disorder is a communication disorder in which a person has persistent difficulties in learning and using various forms of language such as spoken, written, or signed. They may struggle to ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Language development in children is a complex interplay of genetic, neurological and environmental factors. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the spectrum of language abilities, ...

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness. The fact that left-handedness resp.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- They come from all walks of life – firefighter, author, nurse, bus driver and homemaker – but share the challenges of living with aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ...