Breaking the silence: Hope for children with speech disorders in Northern Ghana

Breaking the silence: Hope for children with speech disorders in Northern Ghana

By Murtala Issah For eleven years, Madam Christiana Abu lived with a quiet ache. Her son, a bright-eyed boy who should be progressing through primary school, has never spoken a single word. His condition was detected at age two and promptly reported to the Tamale Teaching Hospital. However, at the time, the facility had no speech therapist. With nowhere else to turn, Christiana kept her son at home, watching helplessly as his peers advanced whil…