Speech-language pathologist Ann Mika works with children who need therapy for speech- and language-related challenges. Here, she discusses a disorder which she helps preschool children to overcome ...

CINCINNATI -- Imagine having something to say, but not being able to get it out. Joanna Bendel has speech apraxia, a rare condition that makes speaking difficult. But she wants people to know she can ...

A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption.

Scientists have revealed a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption. A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland ...

Conway mother Beth Layton thought her then-18-month-old daughter wasn’t talking, or even babbling, because she was the youngest of four children. “People said, ‘She doesn’t have to talk; they talk for ...

What is apraxia of speech (AOS), and what are its causes? Apraxia of speech or verbal apraxia is a motor speech disorder. It’s like something in the child’s brain does not allow the information to get ...

Charismatic footie pundit Chris Kamara has shed further light on his battle with apraxia of speech, which he went public with back in March. The neurological disorder makes it hard to speak and makes ...

Ideomotor apraxia is a neurological disorder that prevents people being able to perform learned movements or tasks, even if they have the physical ability and knowledge of how to do so. Apraxia is a ...