Can My Child’s Persistent Ear Infections Affect Their Speech?
Allergy season is here in full force and with it comes sneezing, watery eyes and often itching throat. Aside from these apparent symptoms, allergies can also lead to ear infections in children due to irritation in the Eustachian tube. There are very close ties associated with recurrent ear infections and delays in speech and language […]
How to Help Your Child to Learn to Talk
Often when parents think of what kind of words they would like their toddler to learn, these are some of the ones that come to mind: mama, dada, ball, bear, blanket, bottle, book, movie, car, home. Now take a look at what types of words all of the above are. Think way back to grade […]
What is it Called When My Child Can’t Pronounce a Sound Like ‘R’
When a youngster is learning to speak, he or she will often have difficulty producing certain sounds and will replace those sounds with another sound. A common example of this is the “Elmer Fudd” way of speaking, where all the /r/ sounds are replaced by /w/ sounds. There are several typical phonological processes that children […]