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 ...

Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a developmental disorder in which the precision and temporal coordination of the movements required for speech are impaired, despite normal neuromuscular function.

Oommen, E. R.,McCarthy, J. W. The future of natural speech development is uncertain for children with motor speech disorders (MSD). There is a strong desire to put plans in place as early as possible ...

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 ...

Communication disorders affect a person’s ability to detect, receive, process, and comprehend the concepts or symbols necessary for communication. It can affect hearing, language, and speech. Causes ...

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 ...

Speech disorder diagnoses in children more than doubled during the pandemic, a new analysis by Komodo Health shows. The rate of new diagnoses increased progressively as the pandemic continued. About 1 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As parents of young Emma Rose Kelly, a 3-year-old diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia, a motor speech disorder, Caroline and Conor Kelly continue to spread awareness. The condition ...

Statistics from 2015, pre-pandemic, approximate that 7.7% of U.S. children ages 13–17—nearly 1 in 12—have had a disorder related to voice, speech, language, or difficulty swallowing. However, a recent ...

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 ...

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 ...