While most children learn their native language seemingly effortlessly, some 7% of children are severely delayed in their linguistic development, a condition known as Developmental Language Disorder…
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“No dad,” sighed my five year old last night with weary impatience at having to explain such trivial things to her parent, “that’s a trigraph in ‘high’.” Our daughter is now clearly initiated into her

Us parents are bombarded with all sorts of information. Do this. Do that. Whatever you do, don’t do THAT! The problem is, lots of the advice we receive isn’t based on any solid evidence...

It’s that time of year again, the start of a new school term and inevitable meetings with teachers or curriculum information evenings. My own son transitioned to high school this September so I found…

Though infant language development has been widely studied, individual differences that affect language development such as speed of processing has recently received increased attention. Speed of…

My name is Marika (məɹikə) and I am a speech and language therapy (SLT) student here at the University of Manchester (UoM). I have just spent the summer of 2021 as an intern for Dr Kelly Burgoyne, a…