Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

A mother’s voice boosts fetal speech development. Preemies who listened to voice recordings from their moms had more ...

Pinker's new book reveals how recursive mentalizing—thinking about thinking—may be the hidden engine of human life, from ...

As guest of honour at Lyon's Lumière Film Festival this year, Sean Penn had a date with cinephiles for a masterclass ...

Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if ...

A group of Stanford researchers are harnessing the sound of mothers' voices for infants born weeks or months prematurely, ...

Some public schools do offer ASL to deaf students, but it's often after age three. Depending on the program, enrolling ...

Fans and fellow actors are paying tribute to Diane Keaton after news of her death at age 79. The Oscar-winner's performances ...