Children with language disorders may fall victim to false friends, who may misuse their trust, a study warns. Pupils with difficulties communicating may lack awareness of the motives, thoughts, and ...

Communication disorders are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that involve persistent problems related to language and speech. They most commonly occur in children but can persist into ...

Language disorder is a communication disorder in which a person has persistent difficulties in learning and using various forms of language such as spoken, written, or signed. They may struggle to ...

Adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) are more likely to be judged as guilty in criminal mock trials, regardless of their actual guilt, according to a new UConn study published in the ...

Speech therapy is a treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. During speech therapy, you or your child works with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), who teaches you how to speak more ...

Pragmatic language disorders in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompass persistent difficulties in the social use of verbal and non-verbal communication. Individuals may struggle with initiating or ...

When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across -- especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of ...

The Department Communication Sciences and Disorders offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSAD). The B.S. degree provides a background in the theoretical ...

The new Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program builds on Bethel’s Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology, which launched in fall 2025. Together, the programs will ...