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Water Importance and Speech
The vocal folds need to be lubricated with a thin layer of mucus in order to vibrate efficiently. If the vocal folds are not properly lubricated, your..
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor-speech disorder. Children who are diagnosed with CAS demonstrate difficulties saying sounds, syllables, and words. This is not because of muscle weakness or..
Vocal Hygiene & Voice Therapy
Voice disorders may be caused by several different factors, events, physical ailments, and diseases. Voice therapy has been administered to those who experience hoarseness, breathiness, or raspy vocal quality. The..
What is MLU?
What is Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)? The term “mean length of utterance” is often used when speech therapists talk about increasing the sentence length of children. For example, if..
What are pragmatic skills?
Pragmatic skills are the rules of social language. These skills play an important role in communication. An individual must use their pragmatic skills for the purposes of using language, changing..
