Test Scores: What do they mean?
Test Scores: What do they mean? 2022 update. Unless you have a background in statistics, interpreting your child’s language or speech test results can be a challenge. The purpose of…
FAQ: What’s the difference between speech and language?
A mum (not my own) asked me this question recently. She wanted to know why I’m called a Speech-Language Pathologist. ‘Isn’t that redundant?,’ she asked. ‘Aren’t speech and language the…
Speech Talk 2: Patricia Kuhl – the linguistic genius of babies
Dr Patricia Kuhl has more accolades and titles than Queen Victoria. Among her many achievements and roles, she is a co-director at the Institute for Brain and Learning Sciences at…
“But he holded it and broked it and then he goed away!” Why do some children speak this way?
A direct quote from Son 2, when he was aged about 3. I think his brother had seized and re-modelled one of Son 2’s precious Duplo-Lego-Rocket sculptures and stashed the…
Speech Talk 1: Steven Pinker – on language
Steven Pinker is one of our favourite language scientists. Although he has his critics, he doesn’t mask his thoughts with academic jargon and impenetrable prose. You know where he stands, even if…