Abnormal speech, language, cognitive and swallowing function can be caused by disease, illness, developmental delay or physical defect. Professional speech-language therapists are trained to determine the cause and treatment strategy for disordered communication. They also work with other...

In the June issue of Nature Neuroscience, the investigator, Josef Rauschecker, PhD, and his co-author, Sophie Scott, PhD, a neuroscientist at University College, London, say that both human and non-human primate studies have confirmed that speech, one important facet of language, is processed in...

According to Fred Bailey, Director of ECHN Rehabilitation Services, "speech and language disorders can take many forms and can limit academic achievement, social adjustment, and career advancement. An individual may be born with a speech or language disorder, or it may be caused by accidental...

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Researchers at Bowling Green State University are working with the Indiana University school of medicine to investigate the ways mothers talk to their babies and the infants' responses, particularly among babies who have cochlear implants because of hearing impairment. A cochlear implant is...

Unique brain wave patterns, spotted for the first time in autistic children, may help explain why they have so much trouble communicating. Using an imaging helmet that resembles a big salon hair dryer, researchers discovered what they believe are "signatures of autism" that show a delay in...

Researchers have announced a link they have found between an autism gene, and the development of a language disorder which many kids suffer from. The study was led by Simon Fisher of the University of Oxford, and began by focusing on the gene FOXP2. Read the full article here.