Language Disorders
A collection of 32 posts
Language Processing Disorder
Can you Overcome Language Processing Disorder? A language processing disorder (also referred to as LPD), is a language-based learning disability...
Language Development Milestones: How Speech Therapy Can Help
One of the most common questions that speech and language pathologists hear from concerned parents is, “How many words should...
Techniques for Improving Communication Skills in Individuals with Aphasia
Communication is a fundamental aspect of human interaction, connecting us with others and enriching our lives. However, for the approximately...
Strategies for Maintaining and Coping with Language Disorders in Everyday Life
Individuals with language disorders typically find expressing themselves and comprehending what others are saying exceptionally challenging. Language disorders are relatively...
Mid-Year Academic Assessment: Could your Student Benefit from Speech and Language Therapy?
Parents can feel like they are on a perpetual hunt for better ways to support academic achievement for their children,...
National Alzheimer’s Month: Value of Speech Therapy to Manage the Disease
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, hosted by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, and it is the ideal...
What is a Specific Language Impairment?
Specific Language Impairment (also referred to as SLI) is a term for a developmental language disorder that occurs when language...
September 21 is World Alzheimer’s Day: Speech Therapists Work to Help Slow Impact of the Disease
September 21 marks World Alzheimer’s Day, an opportunity to educate and learn about the disease – and how providers such...
What is a Receptive Language Disorder?
A speech disorder refers to the difficulty or inability to properly produce specific speech sounds, and a language disorder refers...
What the Latest High Profile Celebrity Illness Tells Us About Speech Therapy
Justin Bieber is not the first celebrity to be in the news due to disease or illness. The 28-year-old pop...
How Does Aphasia Affect Language and Communication?
You may have seen some headlines in the news lately about Aphasia. Beloved American actor Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis was...
What Causes A Language Disorder?
Most babies and toddlers are able to understand what is being said well before they themselves have the ability to...