The Critical Age Hypothesis states that children need to be intelligible or possess clear, understandable speech by 5½ years of age, or they are likely to have difficulty with decoding and spelling (Bishop and Adams, 1990). Decoding is the ability to apply knowledge...
When children have problems acquiring language or have language delays, they are at high risk for difficulty in learning to read and write, and to listen and speak. Problems in language can occur in comprehension and expression, or even in the components of language...
Developmental Dyslexia is dyslexia that is not caused by brain trauma. It is a language-based learning disorder. It is neurological in origin and characterized by poor spelling and decoding abilities. Basically, Developmental Dyslexia affects the ability to learn to...
Recently, the primary concern of parents of 3 to 4-year old children who have contacted our clinic, has been unintelligible or unclear speech. They often state, “I can’t understand what he’s (she’s) saying!” and wonder if anything can be done to clear up...
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