Tongue tie, medically known as ankyloglossia, is a condition where the tissue (lingual frenulum) connecting the tongue to the floor of the mouth is unusually short or tight. While this condition is ...

SpeechLP, an evidence-based AI speech therapy app with articulation games for kids, will officially launch at this year's ...

Nancy Brady has been gratified to see the tool she and colleagues pioneered over a decade ago to measure the growth of infants' pre-speech communication skills translated into several languages and ...

Speech acquisition and the imitation of vocal patterns constitute a pivotal domain in our understanding of language development. Infants progress from producing exploratory babbling to acquiring the ...

New research shines light on how parents who talk more to their infants improve their children's brain development. Scientists used imaging and audio recordings to link early language skills to ...

The soft, gentle murmurs of a baby's first expressions, like little whispers of joy and wonder to doting parents, are actually signs that the baby's heart is working rhythmically in concert with ...

Identifying problems early is key to ensuring that kids who need therapy can get help. Credit...Lisk Feng Supported by By Vanessa Etienne This guide was originally published on July 9, 2019 in NYT ...

Co-authored by Camila Alviar, Ph.D. and Miriam Lense, Ph.D. Infants all over the world become masters of the language their community speaks within the first 3 years of life, a surprisingly short time ...

Claims on social media that mask mandates have triggered an over 350% surge in childhood speech development delays are missing context. The claims stem from the referrals witnessed in one Florida ...

In February 2022, the CDC expanded its list of developmental milestone standards by adding checklists for children 15 months and 30 months of age. The language/communication portion of the checklist ...

Face masks and their mandates have been a source of fierce debate, particularly in schools. In our own backyard, Gov. Phil Murphy ended a school-wide mask mandate this week, although some districts ...