BUFFALO, N.Y. – A 5-year-old wearing headphones is instructed by a prerecorded voice to repeat what they hear word for word. Such a test, called sentence recall, measures auditory processing, memory ...

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of language, even if they do not have other auditory, intellectual or neurological ...

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 ...

“Dr. Holt, I need you to come listen to one of my second graders. This is one of my best students, but I’m worried I might be overlooking a speech or language disorder—I’m just not sure,” the teacher ...

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 ...

Words Matter is one of the mottos at the child language center and preschool, Wings On Words. When walking through the midtown Tucson school, each classroom gets a little louder as the children get ...

Laila, 15, who has a stammer herself, said: "Raising awareness will break the barrier and help other students who may be ...

When Sharon School Speech-Language Pathologist Caitlin Tucker heard her name announced as the 2025 West Grand Division ...

Barbara B. Shadden, an emeritus faculty member of the Communications Disorders Program, was recognized with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Honors of the Association Award, the ...

One out of every four kindergartners in the United States is Latino, making bilingual communities like we have in Southern Arizona the norm, rather than the exception. Tucson is also a refugee ...

Study with experts in telepractice and learn how to become an effective clinician. As a graduate student in UW’s speech-language pathology program, you’ll practice using electronic medical records ...