Speech Disorders

Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day “Growth Through Speaking”

Since 1998, October 22 has been observed annually as International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD).  This is a day designated to raise global awareness about the speech disorder that affects one percent of the world’s population. The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), explains that stuttering is a “speech …

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Better Hearing & Speech Month 2019 “Communication Across the Lifespan”

Every May since 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), observes Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM), to “raise awareness about hearing and speech problems, encouraging people to analyze their own hearing and speech, and to take action if they think there might be a problem.” According to the Center for Hearing Loss and Communication, 48 …

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