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Sara Pyszka has sung the national anthem at two major league baseball games, led the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and performed a number of original compositions in front of live audinces. Sara also lives with the effects of cerebral palsy and is unable to walk or talk. She, a college sophmore, uses her DynaVox Vmax to speak her mind, compose and sing her original works, and live her life as a typical college student.

This video introduces viewers to the concept of augmentative and alternative communication and how speech communication devices can help those challenged by significant speech disabilities to speak their minds.

At a Lindamood-Bell Center in Denver, a seven-year-old receives one-on-one assessment and guidance. For more information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle

Dr. Leah Fabiano will discuss Phonological Treatment with Bilingual Individuals

Every proud parent hangs on every word their baby says. What if those first few words are hard to come by or understand? It might just be a normal phase, or it could be a sign of a growing problem called childhood apraxia of speech.

Description of how a Cochlear Implant works

Trever Ross, 5, has two cochlear implants - one he got when he was one, the other he got three months ago. With the help of the staff at Children's Hospital Boston in Waltham, the Walpole resident can talk the same as a hearing child his age. Dr. Marilyn Neault explains how the device works.

This video explains about the number one birth defect in the world: hearing loss...and what is being done in Oklahoma to help newborns.

This is an short version of the documentary Relearning Everything, which offers an intimate and truthful portrayal of the lives of individuals recovering from traumatic brain injuries.

Interview of Mike McCormick and Kathy Revoir, speech-language pathologists, brain injury patients, Lucerne Hospital, Orlando, and communication sciences and disorders (formerly communicative disorders) alumni, University of Central Florida (UCF)

There are few moments in life as dramatic as a person with profound hearing loss who is able hear again. Cochlear implants have helped many people, like Dr. Stephanie Sjoblad, do just that.