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 ...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced the results of a new study highlighting significant genetic links in speech and language ...

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 ...

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 Calvin University’s Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology program (distance education mode), you’ll gain clinical hours with our expert clinical faculty, practice providing care for patients, ...

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 ...

A look at KEA data from the last several school years shows relatively steady rates of students marked as overall "ready" for kindergarten from 2018-21, while 2022 saw a rise from 73 percent to 77.