A speech impairment affects people who have problems speaking in a regular tone of voice or tempo. Speech impairments make it hard for people to communicate properly, and they can happen in both ...

The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. This study suggests and integrates new methods of spectral brain mapping and speech ...

When someone experiences early-stage memory loss or other cognitive problems, it often leads to a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In mild cognitive impairment, changes in memory or ...

Difficulty distinguishing spoken words from background noise, called speech-in-noise hearing impairment, was associated with increased risk for Parkinson's disease (PD), with a 57% elevation in risk ...

Speech impairment was primarily linked to motor impairment, according to a study examining the development trajectory of children with spinal muscular atrophy. A recent study from Italy examined ...

(CNN) — You’ve probably experienced the frustration of being misheard or misunderstood by a smart speaker or AI assistant. For people with non-standard speech, it can happen in nearly every ...

For most users, voice assistants are helpful tools. But for the millions of people with speech impairments caused by neurological conditions, voice assistants can be yet another frustrating challenge.

Using a brain implant with a series of electrodes, scientists can read neurological signals and translate the brain activity into spoken language. Chang Lab / UCSF Dept. of Neurosurgery With advances ...