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August Newsletter

  • seitsimmons123
  • Sep 3, 2024
  • 2 min read

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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Did you know...

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that young children between the ages of 5 and 12 were more likely to experience a concussion from recreation and other non-sport activities, yet those injuries were not seen by specialists until days later compared with sports-related concussions in the same age group.

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