Oliver Wendt, a Purdue University assistant professor of speech, language and hearing sciences, demonstrates how the SPEAK all! app allows the user to select images to create a sentence. A version of ...

My daughter, Dannielle, her husband and Arnie, their 7-year-old golden retriever came home for Memorial Day weekend. Arnie can’t speak a word of English but has a large vocabulary. Words like treat, ...

WESTBROOK - When a child who is nonverbal learns how to communicate with others for the first time, they seem to "get a little taller" with new found confidence, a speech therapist said. Now with a ...

Next time you are having a conversation with someone, notice how much of the content is communicated without words. Let’s say your boss calls you to her office, hands you your evaluation report, and ...

Have you ever noticed or been conscious of how often you communicate non-verbally with your partner, business associates, friends, and family? People regularly make assumptions about other people’s ...

Jul. 6—Kindness begets kindness begets kindness — that's the Camp Bruce story. In 2010, April Newton, who specializes in speech pathology, was asked by another therapist to help with a relative who ...

When children create something on their own, they develop a sense of achievement and confidence. This emotional boost ...

Therapeutic communication is the heart of effective nursing, shaping trust, rapport, and patient outcomes. From pediatric wards to psychiatric care, nurses use verbal and nonverbal skills to connect ...