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Below are 6 recent questions from the 'Ask Our Expert' section:

Could Nanny's Speech Impairment Affect Toddler's Speaking?

Children learn to speak from the speech of others. How children hear words pronounced and ordered into sentences, plays a big part in helping them...

Is There Any Way I Can Help a Student Who is a Mute?

A teacher has a child suffering from selective mutism in the classroom. This article discusses selective mutism and how teachers can make such...

Is this a Speech Problem?

We all get our words mixed up from time to time or say something totally irrelevant and abstract when in fact we meant to say something totally...

Son with 'Backing' Disorder: Any Exercises to Help Him?

A reader has requested information on "backing" and help her child produce certain sounds. This answer addresses the phonological process of...

What to With Problems Pronouncing 'Sh' and 'Ch'?

By age five children are usually able to pronounce the sounds “sh” and “ch” so the fact that your grandson is not able to pronounce these two sounds...

What Type of Speech Therapy Would Help my Grandson?

Speech delays are typical for younger children with Williams Syndrome, but two of the characteristics of older children with Williams Syndrome are...