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 ...

Psychologists suggests schools could introduce quieter alternatives to playtime to help children with developmental language disorder. Children with a common but regularly undiagnosed disorder ...

“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 ...

When Cindy Merrill's son began speech therapy at the old Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders, he spoke in strings of one to three words. By the end of his first year of speech ...

Speech therapy is a treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. During speech therapy, you or your child works with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), who teaches you how to speak more ...

In a noisy school cafeteria, two children speak over the conversations and clanging utensils happening around them. While many observers may see the children talking and think their ears are doing all ...

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, ...

The following are frequently asked questions on how to help children with communication disorders, particularly in regards to speaking, listening, reading, and writing. What kinds of speech and ...

The U.K. Medical Research Council and Wellcome (Grant 102215/2/13/2) and the University of Bristol provide core support for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Umar Toseeb ...

New research has discovered that Down's syndrome, Fragile X syndrome and Williams syndrome are all linked to sleep disruption in very young children, and that sleep plays a crucial role in the ...

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 ...