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03 Oct
Reading to Your 1- and 2-Year Old Boosts Their Vocabulary, Study Finds

Reading to Your 1- and 2-Year Old Boosts Their Vocabulary, Study Finds

Sharing a book with your baby will build her vocabulary fast, but time with screens likely won't, Norwegian researchers report. 

Their new study on shared reading and vocabulary size dovetails with a new policy statement from the

29 May
AI Implant Allows Stroke Survivor to Communicate in Both Spanish, English

AI Implant Allows Stroke Survivor to Communicate in Both Spanish, English

A bilingual brain implant has allowed a stroke survivor to communicate in both Spanish and English, scientists report.

Turning to an AI method known as a neural network, researchers trained the patient's implant to decode words based on the brain activity produced when...

02 Feb
Scientists Spot Brain Cells That Prepare You to Speak

Scientists Spot Brain Cells That Prepare You to Speak

Advanced brain recording techniques have revealed how neurons in the human brain work together to produce speech.

The recordings provide a detailed map of how people think about what words they want to say and then speak them aloud, researchers report in the Jan. 31 issu...

23 Aug
ALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That

ALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That

Many people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs.

That's not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can still dress herself, and she can even use her fingers to type.

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04 May
Kids With Nonverbal Autism May Still Understand Much Spoken Language

Kids With Nonverbal Autism May Still Understand Much Spoken Language

About a third of children with autism aren't able to speak -- but that doesn't mean they're unable to listen and comprehend, a new study reports.

About 1 in 4 kids and teens who have autism and are minimally verbal understand significantly more language than they're able...

14 Apr
AI Might Spot Alzheimer's Early, Using Folks' Speech Patterns

AI Might Spot Alzheimer's Early, Using Folks' Speech Patterns

Cutting-edge AI technologies that can detect subtle changes in a person's voice may help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive impairments even before other symptoms begin.

In a

03 Jan
Singing Might Aid Recovery After a Stroke

Singing Might Aid Recovery After a Stroke

Singing may help stroke patients regain communication skills, according to new research.

About 40% of stroke survivors have aphasia, a difficulty to deliver or comprehend spoken or written language. That impairment is ongoing for about half of those patients a year after...

11 Jul
Babies' Babble Brings Big Learning Bonus

Babies' Babble Brings Big Learning Bonus

Babies' babble may be smarter than you think.

A new study shows that infants as young as 3- to 5-months of age can tell that the unintelligible sounds they make before they learn to talk can impact the people around them.

Traditionally, this babbling has been regar...

09 Feb
Lockdowns May Not Have Harmed Toddlers' Language Learning: Studies

Lockdowns May Not Have Harmed Toddlers' Language Learning: Studies

The pandemic has dramatically disrupted kids' normal routines, but a new study suggests the initial lockdowns of 2020 did not necessarily hinder preschoolers' language development.

In fact, researchers found, there was an unanticipated "lockdown boost" in youngsters' voc...

06 Jan
Parlez-vous 'Woof'? Dogs May Distinguish Between Different Human Languages

Parlez-vous 'Woof'? Dogs May Distinguish Between Different Human Languages

Dogs don't speak a human language, but they do know when you switch from one tongue to another, an intriguing new study finds.

"We know that people, even preverbal human infants, notice the difference," said study co-author Laura Cuaya of Eötvös Loránd Universit...

05 Jan
'Baby Talk' Could Help Spot Infants With Autism

'Baby Talk' Could Help Spot Infants With Autism

That sing-song speech parents use when talking to their babies is universal, and infants tend to prefer it.

So, when a baby doesn't seem to engage with this melodic "motherese," or baby talk, it can be an early sign of

13 Dec
'Baby Talk' Is Really Helping Baby Learn

'Baby Talk' Is Really Helping Baby Learn

You may feel silly doing it, but baby talk helps your infant learn the basics of human language, a new study suggests.

By mimicking the sound of a smaller vocal tract, baby talk<...

09 Aug
Telemedicine May Not Work for Speech, Voice Therapy

Telemedicine May Not Work for Speech, Voice Therapy

Telemedicine may fall short when it comes to people with voice and speech disorders, researchers report.

There was a significant rise in telemedicine use -- health visits using computer, tablet or smartphone video conferencing -- during the COVID-19 pandemic. And even th...