(Rockville, MD - September 29, 2008) Expert advice for parents of "late talkers," or toddlers between 24 and 31 months who are experiencing language delays, is the topic of a new podcast (www.asha.org/podcast/) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
The podcast features Leslie Rescorla, PhD as she discusses her latest research that will soon appear in an ASHA journal, and ASHA member and speech-language pathologist Ann Kummer, PhD.
Leslie Rescorla discusses her research which follows late talking toddlers through the age of 17. Her research indicates that even though many of the subjects' language skills "caught up" with their peers, they did exhibit significantly weaker expressive language skills.
Ann Kummer discusses what a speech delay "looks like," what speech milestones should be met and when, when to start intervention, what type of intervention is needed and more.
The podcast featuring Drs. Rescorla and Kummer is part of ASHA's continuing podcast series, ASHA Network News, which highlights varying topics that pertain to human communication. Previous subjects have featured children's music star Justin Roberts who has joined ASHA's Listen to Your Buds campaign (www.listentoyourbuds.org) which promotes safe listening practices to young children; the importance of autism detection; comic strip For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston who highlighted aphasia (a disorder that results from damage to the brain's language center, oftentimes after a stroke or traumatic brain injury) in her very popular strip; Lee Woodruff, wife of former ABC's World News Tonight anchor Lee Woodruff, as she explains how helpful speech language pathologists and audiologists have been to her family;
award-winning author David Baldacci as he discusses our most fundamental life skill of literacy, and others. All ASHA Network News podcasts can be heard in their entirety at www.asha.org/podcast/.
About the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 130,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders. www.asha.org.
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