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WASHINGTON – The increase in the number of children from low-income families who are receiving federal disability benefits for speech and language disorders over the past decade parallels the rise in ...

October marked alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) awareness month. AAC includes all means of communication that a person may use besides talking. Low-tech methods include means of ...

As I approached the first day of teaching my writing course, there was a healthy balance of excitement and anxiety coursing through my veins. But the first-day jitters weren’t for the reason that you ...

Google wants to make it easier for people with disabilities that affect their speech to communicate with those around them and they’re looking for some help. The company has developed an app that’s ...

Speech therapy is a treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. During speech therapy, you or your child works with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), who teaches you how to speak more ...

Apple's new Live Speech and Personal Voice features provide individuals like disability advocate Tristram Ingham a tool to preserve their voices and enhance communication autonomy amid progressive ...

“All five of the (collaborating companies) are committed to using the project data to make their products work better for people with neuromotor speech disabilities,” Hasegawa-Johnson said in a ...

(TNS) — Speech-recognition software doesn't work very well for people who could really use it, like those with Parkinson's or Down syndrome. Researchers at the University of Illinois have a simple ...

Americans have been arguing about pandemic restrictions for two years, and the debate is particularly fraught among parents of small children, for good reasons. While measures such as masking and ...

Like many people, Joan Chapman was looking to lower her energy bill by making changes to her account. It’s a task most people handle over the phone with a representative, but for Chapman that wasn’t ...