DEAR DOCTOR K: My mother recently had a stroke, and it's severely impacted her ability to speak. What can be done to help her regain her speech? DEAR READER: Losing the ability to speak, or to ...

Speech therapy is the assessment and treatment of communication problems and speech disorders. It is performed by speech-language pathologists (SLPs), which are often referred to as speech therapists.

I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding speakers at an event. I hear the sounds but can't understand all the words.

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month. It’s meant to raise awareness not only of communication disorders, but the wide scope of work speech pathologists do. While you ...

ST. LOUIS — Children who need help with their speech and language skills now have a place to go in north St. Louis. The Walker Scottish Rite Clinic, a program of Maryville University, has a new office ...

The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two languages affect language ...