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What’s behind a spike in childhood speech development delays across the U.S.
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What’s behind a spike in childhood speech development delays across the U.S.

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Since the COVID pandemic, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of young children who are slow to develop language skills, with pediatric speech delays more than doubling for children aged 12 and younger.

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