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 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 ...

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 ...

For children with speech or language disorders, being asked to say “trick or treat” on Halloween can be challenging or scary. If you’re going up to a door with your child to get some Halloween goodies ...

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 ...

The American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) states SLPs are experts in the areas of speech production, fluent timing, language form and content, cognitive-communication, voice and ...

Brenna Swanston is an education-focused editor and writer with a particular interest in education equity and alternative educational paths. As a newswriter in her early career, Brenna's education ...

The National Science Foundation is funding the University of Buffalo to develop a new artificial intelligence research center focused on speech-language disorders. The National Science Foundation (NSF ...

A person losing their hearing or having another communication disorder can be devastating for families and tough to navigate. May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, a time to raise awareness ...

The Bachelor’s in Speech, Language and Hearing Science is geared to prepare students for success in graduate school, primarily for Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology. The four-year program ...

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