NBA player and University of Kentucky Men’s basketball champion, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (“MKG”) recently spoke with University of Cincinnati Communication Sciences & Disorders on his personal experiences as a person who stutters.
NBA Player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist speaks to stu...

Ronda Rousey's Childhood Apraxia Of Speech Diso...
Ronda Rousey’s career has been filled with ups and downs. In the UFC, she was the most dominant fighter, man or woman, anyone had ever seen, and for a time she was arguably the most popular athlete in America.

How Acting Helped Bruce Willis Overcome His Stu...
According to The Stuttering Foundation, over 70 million people around the world stutter. It might seem hard to believe given their flawless performances on screen and stage, but a number of A-list celebrities also suffer from this speech disorder.

Fetterman’s use of captions is common in stroke...
During his first on-camera interview since having a stroke, Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman stumbled over words and used closed captioning to read interview questions, prompting Republicans to raise new questions about his health.

Music Therapist Shares Easy Songs for Groups
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Did Covid Affect Your Child's Language Skills? ...
Join along with pediatric speech-language pathologist Melissa Joseph, M.S., CCC-SLP and pediatric speech-language pathologist assistant Haley McHugh, B.S. SLP-A for a video podcast episode where we explain the term "covid kid" and the strategies you can use at home to help.

Embracing Dyslexia: The Interviews - Maryanne W...
Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D. is the director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University. She is best known for her research on reading interventions and her book Proust and the Squid on the science of the reading brain. In this informative video, Dr. Wolf speaks about the reading circuit, the dyslexic brain, and what steps need to be taken to ensure that we don't lose the contributions to society of which dyslexics are capable.

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My name is Heidi Hanks and I’ve been a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist since 2000. Most importantly I am the mother of four wonderful kids, Samuel (14), Sophie (11), our red-headed tornado Sawyer (8) and last but certainly not least, my little Scarlet Rose (5). I have enjoyed every minute of watching them learn, and discover the world around them.

Swallowing Problems?
A person who has dysphagia may have difficulty swallowing solid foods or liquids because they are unable to move food from the mouth into the stomach due to problems with muscle control or weakness of the throat muscles. Swallowing can be difficult when people have a stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or other neuromuscular conditions that affect eating and drinking abilities. Dysphagia can also occur following surgery.

The advantages of augmentative and alternative ...
An outpatient speech-language pathologist discusses the benefits of augmentative and alternative communication while taking us behind the scenes to illustrate the effectiveness of eye gaze technology to help patients communicate.
