Speech disorders can affect the way a person creates sounds to form words. Certain voice disorders may also be considered speech disorders. Some people with speech disorders are aware of what they ...

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 ...

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...

Programs in North Texas offer specific services to children with diagnoses that impact language and communication such as ...

Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder that can make speaking difficult. It affects the brain pathways involved in speech and can cause problems with coordinating the movements necessary for ...

Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition that affects your speech. Although there are three types, the symptoms are similar. Spasmodic dysphonia affects all ages and can develop at any time.

One out of every four kindergartners in the United States is Latino, making bilingual communities like we have in Southern Arizona the norm, rather than the exception. Tucson is also a refugee ...

Kirrie J Ballard receives funding from The Australian Research Council, National Institutes of Health (USA), Qatar National Research Fund, and Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia. She is affiliated ...

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 ...