Children have to go through a number of operations, as well as speech therapy and treatment, to correct the disorder.

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The Bon Secours STAR team also deals with specific issues such as helping head and neck cancer patients restore normal functions of swallowing, speech and movement after treatment.

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Not surprisingly for a company that makes phones and tablets, the hearing aid wouldn't always have to do the heavy lifting, either: iOS devices could handle some of the on-the-fly conversion, and pre-recorded speech could receive advance treatment to speed up the process.

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Bush also is expected to press his case in a speech later Tuesday at a water treatment plant in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Karen Siff Exkorn said her son Jake, who was diagnosed with a "classic case" of autism at 2 years old, made slow but steady progress with a combination of 40 hours a week of behavioral treatment, as well as speech and occupational therapy.

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Activists for women's rights are calling loudly for better treatment and internet scribes are testing the limits of free speech.

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