Speech and Language Issues
While a hearing deficit is an obvious reason for speech and language issues, very often, some underlying biomedical reasons that are not so obvious are at play. A nonspeaking child very often has very good receptive language. They may understand everything that is said to them and around them but likely lack the fine-motor ability to speak. Learn about ways to facilitate your child’s ability to communicate in these articles below.
Speech and Language Issues Articles
The Vestibular System and Auditory Language Processing
The vestibular system and auditory language processing: Children with vestibular dysfunction may also have auditory language processing problems. The Vestibular System As they research their child's disability, many parents learn about sensory integration and the importance of the body's vestibular ... Read More
The Total Load Theory: Why So Many Children Have Developmental Problems
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND details how the total load theory can explain why so many children today have neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as other chronic health conditions. An increasing number of children are being diagnosed with ... Read More
How to Care for Special Needs Children
In this blog post by speech-language pathologist Sabra Gelfond, she likens caring for special needs children to baking the perfect carrot cake. Cake. Carrot cake. What makes a good carrot cake? How would your cake taste if you doubled the ... Read More
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Speech and Language Issues Stories
Leo: Autism
excerpted from A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children Upon meeting Leo for the first time, it is difficult to grasp that this friendly, bright-eyed 10½ year old boy once had autism. There is nothing about ... Read More
Mia: Autism
I am releasing this story here as a means to get this story out to as many people as possible. I am a physical therapist for 14 years, a healthcare provider; I am a husband and a Dad. I do ... Read More
Anthony: Autism and Apraxia
Anthony was 3-1/2, and he still had no words. That's how this story always starts out... He had been in speech therapy since he was 18 months old, and he started occupational therapy when he was 2. He was diagnosed ... Read More
Speech and Language Issues Books
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