Listening Is Half the Conversation: How Bilingual Minds Are Reshaping Our Understanding of Speech Disorders

Imagine sitting across the kitchen table from someone you have known for decades. They begin telling you about their day, but something has changed. Their words are slower than they once were. Some sounds are blurred together, others seem to disappear entirely. You know the person well. You know the stories they are likely to tell and the expressions they often use. Yet despite all of that familiarity, you find yourself asking them to repeat themselves again and again.