Language

Cochlear implants

More children with hearing difficulties could benefit from cochlear implants, but they remain an 'overlooked' treatment

Aphasia affects 2 million Americans, but most had never heard of it before Bruce Willis's diagnosis

Bruce Willis Aphasia

Children's Health

Talking with children while watching TV together offsets some negative effects of too much screen time

Too much tv watching

Children's Health

Shows and apps to enhance kids' language skills during the quarantine

Children language skills screen time

Children's Health

How much speech do unborn children hear? It varies

Pregnant Baby Speech Development

People diagnosed with cancer often don’t embrace the term 'survivor'

This linguistics podcast breaks down Philly’s great, and changing, dialect

Carroll - North Broad Street and the Philadelphia Skyline

Are witches and their descendants offended when politicians use the term 'witch hunt'?

Witches

Merriam-Webster: Philly's own jawn is 'an amazing jawn'

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Collingswood dictionary editor explains inclusion of N-word, profanity

Man bun, sext and slay among 300 words added to Dictionary.com's online database

Local mothers wake up early to teach students in China

Carroll - Online ESL Course

People from New Jersey have second-dirtiest mouths in United States

New Jersey

How to say Happy New Year in the languages most spoken in Philadelphia

Earth

Ask Hickey: Unicorns, Lionel Messi and Philly's worst traffic lights

'English only' sign gone from Geno's Steaks

Attention: It's 'donut' — not 'doughnut'

Federal Donuts fresh donuts

New York startup creates real-time earbud language translator

Thursday night's Temple men's basketball game to be broadcast online in Mandarin

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Oxford Dictionary chooses an emoji as Word of the Year

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Infrequently Asked Questions: Why do sports fans say 'we' won a game?

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Latina lawmaker cut off as she argues against Pa. English-only bill

Leslie Acosta

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