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...
More and more often, parents have reported that their child’s last hearing “test” was their newborn hearing screening (shortly after birth). Every child should have a formal hearing evaluation between the ages of 24-30 months, or sooner, if hearing difficulties are...
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...
Check out the Developmental Milestones from birth to 5 years of age and Warning Signs of a communication disorder (ASHA).Speech-Language Developmental MilestonesBirth – 3 MonthsHearing and UnderstandingStartles to loud sounds.Quiets or smiles when spoken to.Seems to...
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