Don’t use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers are often encouraged to speak properly and use adultlike ...

You probably did it in your last phone call. A half-second silence before a name that should have come easily. An “um” wedged ...

These are all examples of speech patterns generally assigned to young women and often stereotyped to imply a lack of ...

Your voice is a reflection of your physical exertion. A new study identified that physical stress alters pitch, intensity, and pause structures long before a listener might notice.

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

Those of us who have cared for someone with Alzheimer's disease know all too well the pain of trying to communicate with someone who is losing their language abilities. People with the disease tend to ...