A new study comparing stroke survivors with healthy adults reveals that post-stroke language disorders stem not from slower ...

Following stroke, some people experience a language disorder that hinders their ability to process speech sounds.

Speech sound disorder (SSD) encompasses a group of communication disorders in which children have persistent difficulty articulating words or sounds correctly. Speech sound production requires both ...

UC San Francisco researchers are reporting a detailed account of how speech sounds are identified by the human brain, offering an unprecedented insight into the basis of human language. The finding, ...

Researchers are reporting a detailed account of how speech sounds are identified by the human brain. The finding, they said, may add to our understanding of language disorders, including dyslexia. UC ...

When we are first born, we can perceive all of the sounds of every language in the world. As we listen to our caregivers speak, even before we can communicate on our own, our ability to perceive all ...

We have tricorders, teleportation and dynamic touch-screen interfaces, but not the most mundane prediction of Star Trek and countless other sci-fi franchises: human-like synthesized speech. Those of ...

It's easy enough to restore 20/20 eyesight with glasses or contacts. But even state-of-the-art digital hearing aids can't perfectly restore hearing for people whose inner ears have been damaged by ...