Since the COVID-19 pandemic, speech pathologists across the country have been reporting a higher percentage of children who need therapy. If you're a parent, you know the excitement of waiting for ...

The moment your baby utters those first magical words is a milestone every parent eagerly awaits. But what happens when those words don’t come on schedule? Or when your toddler’s vocabulary grows at a ...

Sabrina Chacon was relieved that her son Matthew, a Ho-Ho-Kus School District third grader, would receive speech therapy in person, after months of virtual sessions during the pandemic. Matthew had ...

I work as a speech therapist. At a family gathering, I noticed my cousin’s near 4-year-old could only say a few words and beg and point for items they wanted. They could only say “juice” or “Pad” and ...

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 ...

All kids make mistakes as they learn to talk — saying “wabbit” for “rabbit” or “theethaw” for “seesaw.” But when does a cute mispronunciation suggest a possible disorder? We turned to Dr. Lewis First, ...

Every child deserves the chance to communicate, express themselves, and be understood. Yet, millions of children around the ...

Technology tools like AI, machine learning and speech recognition are developed enough to apply to a number of use cases. So in building the companies that apply these tools to everyday life, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that could significantly change how states ...