Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...

A child’s early years are the most important for their development. Children with a healthy and supportive development phase will typically learn all needed abilities for social, emotional, and ...

Speech sound disorder (SSD) encompasses a group of communication disorders in which children have persistent difficulty articulating words or sounds correctly. Speech sound production requires both ...

Speech sound disorders (SSD) in children constitute a range of difficulties affecting the precision, clarity and fluency of speech. These disorders can impede academic performance, social interactions ...

UW Assistant Professor Breanna Krueger works with Rue Steidley, age 7, as a computer software program plays fake words over the speaker. Steidley must select whether the word sounds like a word meant ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – I remember when my kids were young, they sounded so cute trying to say new words. When someone would ask my son how old he was, he would respond, “I’m free”. He would use “f ...

Music and speech are among the most frequent types of sounds we hear. But how do we identify what we think are differences between the two? An international team of researchers mapped out this process ...

Parents want to educate others about the daily struggle of apraxia Parents want to educate others about the daily struggle of apraxia Parents want to educate others about the daily struggle of apraxia ...

Speech sound disorder (SSD) encompasses a group of communication disorders in which children have persistent difficulty articulating words or sounds correctly. Speech sound production requires both ...

Phonological development in children encompasses the progressive organisation of sound patterns that underlie spoken language. This intricate process enables the acquisition of clear and intelligible ...