Speech sound disorder (SSD) encompasses a group of communication disorders in which children have persistent difficulty articulating words or sounds correctly. Speech sound production requires both ...

Speech sound disorders (SSD) in children constitute a range of difficulties affecting the precision, clarity and fluency of speech. These disorders can impede academic performance, social interactions ...

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...

Speech and language problems may make it hard for your child to understand and speak with others, or make the sounds of speech. They're common, affecting as many as one in 12 kids and teens in the U.S ...

New University of Sydney research shows bottles, dummies, and thumb sucking in the early years of life do not cause or worsen phonological impairment, the most common type of speech disorder in ...

UW Assistant Professor Breanna Krueger works with Rue Steidley, age 7, as a computer software program plays fake words over the speaker. Steidley must select whether the word sounds like a word meant ...

A speech impairment affects people who have problems speaking in a regular tone of voice or tempo. Speech impairments make it hard for people to communicate properly, and they can happen in both ...

Parents want to educate others about the daily struggle of apraxia Parents want to educate others about the daily struggle of apraxia Parents want to educate others about the daily struggle of apraxia ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Dysarthria and anarthria are speech disorders caused by brain damage affecting the muscles that control speech.Conditions such as stroke, ...

UNION COUNTY (WSIL) -- May 14th is Apraxia Awareness Day, still more than a month away, the rare speech disorder is about to get some attention in Union County. A Wolf Lake mom is campaigning to raise ...

Speech sound disorder (SSD) encompasses a group of communication disorders in which children have persistent difficulty articulating words or sounds correctly. Speech sound production requires both ...