Speech and language therapy plays a pivotal role in the early development of young children. The first few years of life are critical for brain development, and early intervention can have a profound ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, and approximately half develop more complex language, according to a new ...

Amanda Owen Van Horne sits on the floor while a child mixes up cake batter in a play kitchen. While at play, an intensive language therapy program is also underway for preschool-aged children with ...

A quarter of the 300,000 children waiting for community NHS care have spent more than a year waiting.

Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped ...

Aphasia, a language disorder often resulting from stroke or brain injury, profoundly impacts communication and quality of life. Recent advances in rehabilitation and language therapy have broadened ...

Schools today are facing a harsh reality: there is a chronic shortage of qualified speech-language pathologists (SLPs). As an SLP and clinical director who has worked with school districts across the ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A large-scale study reveals why some autistic children remain minimally verbal despite intensive ...

DEAR DOCTORS: I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding speakers at an event. I hear the sounds but can’t understand all the ...

Therapists have their own language. It’s ingrained in us from the moment we step into graduate school. Those pesky little platitudes have a way of consistently infiltrating your dialogue while the ...

An intensive voice treatment developed in the USA and known as the Lee Silverman voice treatment (LSVT LOUD) is more effective than conventional NHS speech and language therapy or no therapy for ...