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Developmental delay might mean a toddler isn’t using sentences when expected, or not meeting milestones such as walking or feeding themself.
In moderation, watching educational TV shows, movies and apps can boost language development among young children. 2 experts explain.
Making meals more appealing and giving aged care residents more choice, sounds simple enough. But you need the right ingredients to make it work on a wide scale.
The government taskforce responding to the disability royal commission recommendations needs to learn from the stories shared and also how they were communicated.
We’ve all forgotten the word we need mid-sentence, and know the feeling of it being just on the tip of our tongue. But when can this be more serious?
Matildas fans, we have a job to do. We need to scream our support as loudly as possible – but not at the expense of our vocal health.
Around half of toddlers who aren’t chattering by age two will catch up later, but we can’t predict which ones.
Stuttering is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects about 1 in 100 people across the world. Yet the precise biological pathways that underlie stuttering are not well understood.
Almost 4,000 Australians are diagnosed with head and neck cancer each year. Oral cancer is one type.
Bruce Willis’ family today revealed he has been diagnosed with aphasia. So what actually is aphasia and why haven’t we heard of it before?
The term ‘intubation’ is used when experts talk about treating patients with severe COVID-19. But this medical term doesn’t explain the traumatic procedure involved.
Access to speech pathology services for 12-16 year olds in public schools is inconsistent across Australian states and territories.
Developmental language disorder affects more than seven per cent of children, yet is not well known. If your child struggles in school, social interactions or reading, the underlying issue may be DLD.
When people lose their speech, they can stop working and friends can drift away. Here’s what we can do to help them get the rehabilitation they need.
We don’t often give our eating habits much thought but the 8% of the population with swallowing disability need to plan carefully to ensure their food is the right texture and eaten at the right pace.
Babies are born communicating. Their cries and coos speak volumes. However, much-anticipated first words do not appear until 12 months later. By 18 months, the average child says about 50 words. By the…
What did Moses, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Claudius, Lewis Carroll and King George VI have in common? They were all known to stutter. A new study - by me and my collaborators around Australia and…
What if, after several years of studying in an intense degree program, you graduate only to find no jobs within your field? Since 2012, public universities have been allowed to determine the number of…
Online speech therapy programs might be the answer to overcoming a stutter. Researchers at the University of Sydney have…
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Allied Health Research Advisor, Monash Health; Adjunct senior lecturer, La Trobe University; Adjunct research fellow, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Speech Pathology, Southern Cross University
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Speech Pathology Research and Clinical Practice Lead, Monash Health; Adjunct research fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, McGill University
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Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Speech Pathology, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport; Research Affiliate in the Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation, La Trobe University
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Lecturer In Theatre (Voice), Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Speech & Language Sciences, Newcastle University
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Professor of Speech Pathology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and Associate Director Clinical and Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, Speech Pathology, University of Sydney
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Associate professor Allied Health, Western Sydney University