Using ultrasound technology to visualize the tongue's shape and movement can help children with difficulty pronouncing "r" sounds, according to a small study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, ...

Do you growl, roll or trill? The letter ‘r’ – and how we pronounce it – reveals a surprising amount about identity, fashion and history, writes James Harbeck. The ‘r’ sound is the Doctor Who of speech ...

People around the world associate a trilled R sound with a rough texture and a jagged shape, and an L sound with smooth texture and a flat shape, according to the findings of a new study. Researchers ...

With an ultrasound probe held beneath his chin, 12-year-old Jack Felker cycled through some of the most common R sounds in American English. He started off by repeating single sounds five times, ...

Using ultrasound technology to visualize the tongue’s shape and movement can help children with difficulty pronouncing “r” sounds, according to a small study. The ultrasound intervention was effective ...