Children Today experiencing Speech Disorders and more!
Our children's generation has a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
1 in 5 children are obese.
1 in 6 children have developmental delays.
1 in 6 children have a mental disorder.
1 in 10 children have eczema.
1 in 12 children have asthma.
1 in 13 children have food allegeries.
1 in 44 children have autism.
1 in 285 children will develop cancer before the age of 20.
Almost 8% of U.S. children ages 3-17 have had a disorder related to voice, speech, language, or swallowing. Of those, about 30% have more than one disorder. Articulation is the process people use to produce sounds, make syllables, and pronounce words. It includes everything from tongue placement to how the lips move. A person with articulation disorder may have trouble pronouncing words or speaking clearly. This is typically most evident in certain sounds, like replacing “th” with “s” or “r” with “w.”
Other disorders that can cause speech impairments and impediments include:
Apraxia of speech
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autism-related speech disorders
Dysarthria
Orofacial myofunctional disorders
Receptive disorders
Resonance disorders
Selective mutism
Stuttering and other fluency disorders
A speech-language pathologist (SLP) can diagnose and treat articulation and other speech disorders.
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