Children who receive cochlear implants before fully developing speech and language skills generally attain those skills more slowly than their typically hearing peers and eventually develop a slower rate of speaking. The reason for those delays has been unclear.
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Whether you’re moving an aging parent into your home, taking care of a partner who has cancer or managing any other scenario in which you’re caring for a loved one with health needs, one thing remains true: Caregiving can be incredibly stressful.
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A new Nyack bakery is giving young adults with special needs a chance to work and learn life skills. Shiri Reuveni-Ullrich is a speech therapist, a breast cancer survivor and the founder and president of Rising Above Bakery, a nonprofit started during the pandemic out of her Chestnut Ridge home.
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Daily more children are diagnosed with a disability that affects their educational performance. As we see this increase we, therefore, see more children needing an individualized education plan (IEP) and related services in schools. And, the more students enter into special education, the more we need special education teachers.
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In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, a team of researchers investigated the potential use of attention to motherese speech as a diagnostic character for autism spectrum disorder, and evaluated its association with social abilities and language skills.
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Sen. John Fetterman returned to the Senate this week after being hospitalized for testing last week to rule out a new stroke.
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Lithuanian researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) utilized AI to identify the early signs of Parkinson’s disease using voice data.
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Many patients don't receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked over 500 patients across 28 acute care hospitals in their first year following a stroke.
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People in healthcare, like Sorber, are especially at risk for a mental health condition called compassion fatigue where you get so overexposed and overwhelmed from others' suffering that you essentially shut down emotionally and lose, or see a reduction, in your capacity to sympathize and empathize.
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This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban single-use plastics, including straws. While this is a win for the environment and marine life, it will come at a price for social inclusion.
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