A bilingual brain implant has allowed a stroke survivor to communicate in both Spanish and English, scientists report.
Turning to an AI method known as a neural network, researchers trained the patient's implant to decode words based on the brain activity produced when...
Advanced brain recording techniques have revealed how neurons in the human brain work together to produce speech.
The recordings provide a detailed map of how people think about what words they want to say and then speak them aloud, researchers report in the Jan. 31 issu...
Many people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs.
That's not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can still dress herself, and she can even use her fingers to type.
...About a third of children with autism aren't able to speak -- but that doesn't mean they're unable to listen and comprehend, a new study reports.
About 1 in 4 kids and teens who have autism and are minimally verbal understand significantly more language than they're able...
Cutting-edge AI technologies that can detect subtle changes in a person's voice may help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive impairments even before other symptoms begin.
Singing may help stroke patients regain communication skills, according to new research.
About 40% of stroke survivors have aphasia, a difficulty to deliver or comprehend spoken or written language. That impairment is ongoing for about half of those patients a year after...
Babies' babble may be smarter than you think.
A new study shows that infants as young as 3- to 5-months of age can tell that the unintelligible sounds they make before they learn to talk can impact the people around them.
Traditionally, this babbling has been regar...
The pandemic has dramatically disrupted kids' normal routines, but a new study suggests the initial lockdowns of 2020 did not necessarily hinder preschoolers' language development.
In fact, researchers found, there was an unanticipated "lockdown boost" in youngsters' voc...
Dogs don't speak a human language, but they do know when you switch from one tongue to another, an intriguing new study finds.
"We know that people, even preverbal human infants, notice the difference," said study co-author Laura Cuaya of Eötvös Loránd Universit...
That sing-song speech parents use when talking to their babies is universal, and infants tend to prefer it.
So, when a baby doesn't seem to engage with this melodic "motherese," or baby talk, it can be an early sign of
You may feel silly doing it, but baby talk helps your infant learn the basics of human language, a new study suggests.
By mimicking the sound of a smaller vocal tract, baby talk<...
Telemedicine may fall short when it comes to people with voice and speech disorders, researchers report.
There was a significant rise in telemedicine use -- health visits using computer, tablet or smartphone video conferencing -- during the COVID-19 pandemic. And even th...