Did you know that May is Better Speech and Hearing Month?
- Approximately 43,000,000 people in the United States have a communication disorder.
- Speech disorders include difficulty with articulation, voice, language and/or fluency.
- By the first grade, roughly 5% of children have noticeable speech disorders.
- Approximately 3,000,000 Americans stutter.
- 6–8 million Americans have some form of language impairment.
Information and facts from www.asha.org website (Quick facts about ASHA)
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