Archive for the ‘Speech-Language Pathologist’ Category

I have a 4 1/2 year old girl who has trouble with her ‘s’ blends. She can pronounce the ‘s’ sound, but when she blends it with other letters it comes out as “st.” School is “stool”, sky is “sty”, smile is “stile.” She was evaluated at

  Is it difficult to teach young children to speak? That’s a good question. Actually, we don’t usually need to “teach” young children to speak.  Babies are born with the ability to communicate things like pleasure and discomfort through non-verbal  means such as facial expressions, crying, moving,

  I am an in-home child care provider and I wanted to know at what age should I be concerned about the speech of a child?     Speech and language development begins long before a child starts talking. A child’s rate of speech development is as

  Will using a pacifier cause my toddler to have delayed speech and language?   This is a common question, and you will most likely find differing opinions on the answer. Babies are born with a need to suck, and some babies have a more intense need

  Hi! I’m writing to you about my son who is 12 1/2 months old, 11 months adjusted (6 weeks premature). I’ve been getting concerned because I feel that he may be behind in some developmental areas. He doesn’t have any true words, yet. He babbles Mamama/dadadada/nananana/lalalalala/babababa

    We speak our native language at home but also want our baby to learn English. Will this confuse him or cause a language delay?   Although you may hear differing opinions from doctors and speech-language pathologists on this topic, there is no scientific evidence to

    I’m not sure if my baby’s hearing is normal. What should I do?   Approximately two to four of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing, making hearing loss the most common birth disorder. Undetected and untreated hearing loss in

  Why is it so important to read aloud to my baby?     Early language and literacy (reading and writing) begins in the first three years of life and is closely linked to children’s earliest experiences with books and stories. Reading aloud combines the benefits of

  Will allowing my toddler to watch children’s educational television programs or videos help my child’s speech and language development?     Some parents may think that by putting their child in front of a video or a TV show that he or she is going to

My 2 ½ -year-old stutters when she talks. Should I be concerned?   Probably not. Children between 2 and 3 years of age often repeat sounds, hesitate between syllables or have periods of normal non-fluency. This usually disappears in a few months. Sometimes this disruption in speech