Statistics from 2015, pre-pandemic, approximate that 7.7% of U.S. children ages 13–17—nearly 1 in 12—have had a disorder related to voice, speech, language, or difficulty swallowing. However, a recent ...

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...

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 ...

Apr. 16—ATLANTA — An estimated 200,000 of Georgia's 2.5 million children ages 1 through 17 have some form of speech or language deficit, according to The Scottish Rite Orient of Georgia, and the ...

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 ...

Speech and language therapy (SALT) had been provided by a private therapist funded by Croydon Council as part of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). The council confirmed it was changing ...

The importance of speech and language in children’s academic and social-emotional development cannot be overemphasized. Much of children’s progress across all academic content areas such as social ...

Speech impairment was primarily linked to motor impairment, according to a study examining the development trajectory of children with spinal muscular atrophy. A recent study from Italy examined ...