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 ...
There are many possible causes of a child's speech delay. It could be rooted in a hearing problem, chronic ear infections or a birth defect that affects a child’s ability to make sounds. Some children ...
In this Ask the Expert feature, Peive co-founders and Consultant Speech Therapists Beatrice Teo Shu Mei and Moona Islam address parents’ most common concerns about speech and language development, ...
Alex Hodges spends significant time every day with her infant daughter doing what kids these days might call "yapping." "Maria can't watch you today because one of her kids is sick," Hodges begins one ...
This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. My son Grayson was about two and a half years old when his preschool teacher called me. A child ...
Reducing your child’s risk for speech delays may benefit other areas of development, too. Children who experience speech delays often have trouble in social interactions because language is the ...
Claims on social media that mask mandates have triggered an over 350% surge in childhood speech development delays are missing context. The claims stem from the referrals witnessed in one Florida ...
While all children develop at their own pace, if you’re concerned your little one is a bit further behind in talking, here are some tips on how to encourage his or her speech development. Children ...
For the first time in 20 years, the CDC updated its developmental milestones for children. The guidelines give details of when most children should be able to accomplish certain behaviors, but it’s ...
A quick Google search of “technology speech delay” yields countless news articles about how technology use by young children contributes to speech delays. A recent study of almost 900 children showed ...