Speech Milestones
Most babies say their first meaningful word around this age in months.
What is 12 months?
This common device amplifies sounds for people with hearing loss.
What is a hearing aid?
Over time, any sound at or above this decibel level can cause permanent hearing loss.
What is 85 dB?
What is oral dysphagia.
This current Devil Wears Prada 2 British actress credits acting and participating in a school play with helping her overcome a severe childhood stutter.
Who is Emily Blunt.
This is the name for the early stage when babies experiment with sounds like "ba" or "da."
What is babbling?
This device converts speech into text for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
What is a speech-to-text captioner?
This common household item, often used for cleaning, can actually cause hearing loss or injury if inserted too far into the ear.
What is a Q-tip (cotton swab)?
This is a disorder of the "voice box," the structure in the neck used to produce sound that causes a breathy or hoarse vocal quality.
What is vocal nodules or contact ulcers.
Despite earning 23 Olympic gold medals, the decorated swimmer dealt with an articulation disorder (a lisp) during his youth and school years.
Who is Michael Phelps.
Children typically begin combining two or more words into simple sentences by this age.
What is 18-24 months?
A device implanted to stimulate the auditory nerve directly.
What is a cochlear implant?
This term refers to a constant ringing or buzzing sensation in the ears. What is Tinnitus?
What is Tinnitus?
This condition, often occurring after a stroke, makes it difficult for a person to read, speak, write, or comprehend language.
What is Aphasia?
Best known for playing "The Fonz" on Happy Days, this actor struggled academically and was later diagnosed with dyslexia, which affects language processing, reading, and writing. He has since written a widely popular series of children's books to advocate for students with learning challenges.
Who is Henry Winkler.
This is the ability to understand language, which develops before speaking.
What is receptive language?
This system uses hand shapes and motions to represent spoken language visually.
What is sign language?
These specialized structures in the ear, numbering about 15,000, can be damaged by loud noise and cannot repair themselves.
What are hair cells?
This disorder is characterized by a child being unable to speak in specific social situations, like school, despite speaking normally at home.
What is Selective Mutism?
The former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion has a highly recognizable lisp, which he faced heavily as a child but eventually learned to embrace as part of his unique persona.
Who is Mike Tyson
The speech disorder characterized by difficulty producing sounds smoothly.
What is stuttering?
A special phone system that provides amplified sound or text for people with hearing loss.
What is a TTY (teletypewriter) or captioned phone?
This is the highest permissible noise exposure for an unprotected ear for just 15 minutes a day.
What is 115 dB?
This motor speech disorder involves muscle weakness, making it difficult to control the muscles used for speaking.
What is Dysarthria?
The brilliant theoretical physicist experienced a severe speech delay in his early years. He did not start speaking until he was nearly four years old.
Who is Albert Einstein