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 words.

Sign Language Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: Current Advances in ASL Assessment (Fall 2013), pp. 58-79 (22 pages) Abstract A new test, the ASL Receptive Skills Test (ALS-RST), adapted from ...

This story is Part 1 of a 2-part series on speech language pathology. Part 2 covers speech language pathology for adults.

Children who face challenges with speech or language often struggle not just in school, but also in everyday situations. Speech therapy provides targeted support that helps kids improve their ...

A new study shows that children's abilities to both speak and understand words developed faster when they were with classmates with better language skills. The study involved 1,800 preschoolers in ...

Parents who regularly read with small children boost the language skills of their offspring by eight months, a study shows. A team of British researchers found that a carer reading alongside a child ...

Years ago, on a trip to Guayaquil, Ecuador, a friend complimented me on my Spanish fluency. She said, “Es un adorno para saber un otro idioma,” which literally means that a fluency in a second ...

An educator, an avant-garde educational activist and a parenting guru, Swati Popat Vats is the director of Podar Jumbo Kids, one of the most successful preschool chains in India. She’s also the person ...