How do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babies ...

Developmental stuttering is a speech disorder that affects the fluency of speech, characterized by repetitions, prolongations, or blocks in speech. It typically begins in childhood and can persist ...

Problems with speech and language are the most common developmental difficulty that children encounter. Studies indicate that as many as 1 in 10 children in the UK have speech and language ...

For parents, however, it can sometimes be difficult to know whether your child’s speech sound mistakes are a cause for concern or a normal part of their development. We asked speech and language ...

New research from Cornell reveals that adults instinctively simplify their speech when interacting with babbling infants, aiding language development. This pattern, termed the “simplification effect,” ...

I am worried that my 24-month-old son has only a few words. He seemed to be delayed at 18 months, but we were told just to ...