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'Mama!' First word of boy with tongue built out of his tummy muscles - Daily Mail 8th December 2008
A child's first words are memorable for any parent. But when Daniel Sewell said 'mama' for the first time, his parents had more reason than most to rejoice.
Just 12 weeks earlier, their then 19-month-old son had undergone pioneering surgery to rebuild his tongue after first having an operation to remove a cancerous tumour. The family had been warned he might never be able to speak.
A massive stroke robbed Catriona of her speech. Then, one day, her sons were stunned to hear her say: I love you - Daily Mail 24th November 2008
Mealtimes at Catriona Grant's home are always a lively affair. As her sons laugh and banter, Catriona quizzes them about the day's events.
'We talk and talk,' says Catriona proudly. 'It makes us so close.'
Foreign nannies 'hold back children's speech' - The Telegraph 22nd November 2008
Foreign au pairs who do not speak English could be hampering children's language development, a television documentary will suggest.
Scientists pinpoint gene behind language disorder - The Times 6th October 2008
A common language disorder that affects one in 14 children has been linked to a gene for the first time, offering insights that ultimately promise better diagnosis and treatment.
Variations in a gene called CNTNAP2 are associated with specific language impairment (SLI), which causes communication difficulties in about 7 per cent of children, British scientists have found.
Language: the defining feature of human intelligence - The Times 6th November 2008
Language, according to the American neurobiologist William Calvin, is “the defining feature of human intelligence”.
With due respect to the communication skills of dolphins, chimpanzees, birds and bees, Homo sapiens is the only existing species with the power of speech. It seems to be among the qualities that separates us from other animals, that makes us human.
Case study: Alex Waights - The Times 6th November 2008
It was only when Alex Waights, 3, started at nursery school that his mother Sarah, 39, began to realise that his speech was not at all normal for his age.
Health visitors had identified nothing wrong with Alex’s development, and while Mrs Waights had wondered whether he might be learning to talk slowly, she put this down to comparisons with her older daughter, Phoebe, now 8.
Patients should bypass GPs and refer themselves to specialists, says Alan Johnson' - The Telegraph 21st October 2008
Patients should be able to refer themselves for treatment with physiotherapists, speech therapists and dieticians without the "unnecessary hoop jumping" of seeing a doctor first, the Health Secretary has said.
Getting physical: New moves to allow patients to self-refer themselves for physiotherapy - Daily Mail 21st October 2008
Health Secretary Alan Johnson will today give the green light for NHS patients to get direct access to physios and chiropodists.
He wants to sweep away rules that mean patients have to be referred by GPs and 'jump through hoops' before getting treatment.
Instead they should be able to contact a range of therapists including dieticians.
Straight to the specialist: Johnson cuts GP referrals - The Guardian 21st October 2008
Patients with back pain will be able to access free treatment from NHS physiotherapists without having to go through a GP, under plans to be unveiled today by the health secretary, Alan Johnson.
In a substantial extension of patient choice, he also wants to give people an opportunity to book appointments with speech therapists, dietitians, podiatrists and other health professionals.
Patients to be given right to self-refer - The Independent 21st October 2008
For the first time, patients are to be given the right to seek treatment on the NHS for muscular aches and pains, speech difficulties and nutritional advice without going through their GP.
In a boost to patient choice, ministers are removing the GP "gatekeeper" role and allowing patients to refer themselves directly to physiotherapists, speech experts, dieticians and podiatrists who treat foot problems.
Backing for physio self-referral - BBC Health News 21st October 2008
Patients in England should soon be able to bypass GPs and self-refer to physios and a host of other health staff, after ministers gave the plan their backing.
The Department of Health is to call on NHS chiefs to allow people to go straight to dieticians, podiatrists and speech therapists as well as physios.
Parents raise concern over mutism - BBC Health News 7th October 2008
The parents of a girl suffering from a rare speaking disorder are to voice their concerns about her condition to the Welsh Assembly Government.
Morys Gruffydd and Meleri Mcdonald's daughter Erin suffers from selective mutism which causes her to stop speaking in certain social situations.
Babies have a strong sense of rhythm from birth, say scientists - Daily Mail 23rd September 2008
It will be months before they talk, walk or even sit up. But at just a day old, babies have a strong sense of rhythm, say researchers.
Newborns are also sensitive to pitch and melody, they found.
Experts said that introducing a child to music at an early age could enhance these innate musical abilities and also help them learn to talk.
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