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 ...

Developmental language disorders encompass a spectrum of neurodevelopmental conditions marked by persistent difficulties in acquiring and using spoken or written language, despite normal hearing and ...

Language impairment in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompasses a complex array of structural and pragmatic difficulties that vary widely among individuals. Some autistic people demonstrate ...

A University of Houston researcher found that recording brain activity while a person listens to a story may help diagnose primary progressive aphasia, a rare neurodegenerative syndrome that impairs ...

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery leveraged two main studies—one focused on ...

New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children. This is shown by two studies based on more than 6,000 children. New ...

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 ...

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness. The fact that left-handedness resp.

"Today, we're going to work on daily routines and how to include words and vocabulary," said Nabila Nadji. "For example, when changing your child, you might say, 'I'm going to put on your diaper, the ...

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 ...