Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand ...

Music lessons improve reading by boosting sound awareness and helping children process speech more effectively.

Middle school teacher and teen and tween slang translator Mr. Lindsay shared some of the most common words and sounds the kids are saying these days in a new video on Instagram. These include ...

This mismatch between what I knew in print and how I said it out loud wasn’t embarrassing to me. It just showed that I was learning, absorbing information and using ...

A choir teacher was exasperated with hearing slang like “67” in her middle school classroom. Rather than ban it, she asked her students to write and perform a song about it.

The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.

Speaking usually feels automatic, but age can quietly change it. Simple words may begin to trip us up, and sentences that once flowed easily can take more thought. Hearing, muscle control, and timing ...

In today’s gadget-driven homes, toddlers are learning to summon voices from smart speakers before uttering "Mama." ...

A new study finds that people hear familiar words as louder than nonsense words, even when both are equally loud. The results ...

In her memoir “Articulate,” Rachel Kolb explores her experience growing up deaf, focusing on communication rather than loss.