Speech difficulties in children are common. In fact, 1.9 million children in the UK are currently struggling with their speech. There are lots of different reasons for this, from the physical to the ...

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 ...

Explore how speech therapy assists those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in overcoming communication challenges. Learn ...

Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder that can make speaking difficult. It affects the brain pathways involved in speech and can cause problems with coordinating the movements necessary for ...

Run. Red. World. Pronouncing the "r" sound in these words requires precise control of the tongue. For most children, this happens naturally, but many children struggle with residual speech sound ...

The moment your baby utters those first magical words is a milestone every parent eagerly awaits. But what happens when those words don’t come on schedule? Or when your toddler’s vocabulary grows at a ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) can affect the head and neck muscles that you use to speak. If MG makes speaking more difficult, you may benefit from speech therapy. MG is an autoimmune disease involving the ...

A study has found that a six-week acupuncture treatment significantly improved language function, quality of life, and neurological impairment in people with speech difficulties following a stroke.

Bulbar onset ALS is a type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that occurs due to the loss of motor neurons in the bulbar region of the brainstem. This progressive condition affects speech, ...

Things are looking up, and coming down, as part of Our Lady of the Lake University’s goal to provide speech, hearing and counseling services for an impoverished West Side neighborhood. The new $4 ...

The presence of speech patterns in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), commonly called autism, is linked to problems in social communication and social interaction that define ASD. These ...