When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across -- especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of ...

A child’s first word can be a meaningful milestone for parents. But sometimes, children don’t have to say anything at all to teach us about how they develop their earliest vocabularies. Arielle ...

Language development in children is a complex interplay of genetic, neurological and environmental factors. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the spectrum of language abilities, ...

Speech-language pathologists or speech therapists can help when you are having problems speaking, communicating, or swallowing due to a wide range of conditions, including speech delays or strokes.

Speech and language problems may make it hard for your child to understand and speak with others, or make the sounds of speech. They're common, affecting as many as one in 12 kids and teens in the U.S ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...

The following are frequently asked questions on how to help children with communication disorders, particularly in regards to speaking, listening, reading, and writing. What kinds of speech and ...

Learning French, reading the latest Andy Weir novel, hanging out with friends for St. Patrick's Day - language is central to all these everyday activities. Seemingly effortless from childhood, ...