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 ...

Speech development in children is a complex, dynamic process marked by gradual refinement of the articulatory system and phonological competence. Central to this progression is coarticulation – the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research suggests that phone use may have an effect on children's speech input and language development. However, most of the prior work in this area examines parents and children in controlled ...

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 ...

Wambui Mbugua during the interview at Spice FM. Parents have been cautioned about the overuse of pacifiers and bottle feeders on their children. According to Wambui Mbugua, a speech therapist, they ...

Twins produce fewer gestures and gesture to fewer objects than other children. Language use also lags for twins, and language -- but not gesture -- is also affected by sex, with girls performing ...