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  1. Speech and Language Disorders

    Definition. A speech disorder is a condition in which a person has problems creating or forming the speech sounds needed to communicate with others. This can make the child's speech difficult to understand. Common speech disorders are: Articulation disorders; Phonological disorders; Disfluency Voice disorders or resonance disorders

  2. Speech Impairment: Types and Health Effects

    There are three general categories of speech impairment: Fluency disorder. This type can be described as continuity, smoothness, rate, and effort in speech production. Voice disorder. A voice ...

  3. Adult Speech Impairment: Types, Causes, and Treatment

    stroke. traumatic brain injury. degenerative neurological or motor disorder. injury or illness that affects your vocal cords. dementia. Depending on the cause and type of speech impairment, it may ...

  4. Speech disorder

    Speech disorders, impairments, or impediments, are a type of communication disorder in which normal speech is disrupted. [1] This can mean fluency disorders like stuttering, cluttering or lisps.Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. [2] Speech skills are vital to social relationships and learning, and delays or disorders that relate to developing these ...

  5. Speech disorders: Types, Symptoms, Causes, and More

    Speech disorders affect the vocal cords, muscles, nerves, and other structures within the throat. Causes may include: vocal cord damage. brain damage. muscle weakness. respiratory weakness ...

  6. Speech Impediment: Types in Children and Adults

    Common causes of childhood speech impediments include: Autism spectrum disorder: A neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social and interactive development. Cerebral palsy: A congenital (from birth) disorder that affects learning and control of physical movement. Hearing loss: Can affect the way children hear and imitate speech.

  7. Types of Speech Impediments

    However, some speech disorders persist. Approximately 5% of children aged three to 17 in the United States experience speech disorders. There are many different types of speech impediments, including: Disfluency. Articulation errors. Ankyloglossia. Dysarthria. Apraxia. This article explores the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the different ...

  8. Common Speech and Language Disorders

    Fluency: Your child may have problems with how their words and sentences flow. Stuttering is a fluency disorder. That's when your child repeats words, parts of words, or uses odd pauses. It's ...

  9. Speech and Language Disorders

    Speech and Language Disorders. Speech is how we say sounds and words. People with speech problems may: not say sounds clearly. have a hoarse or raspy voice. repeat sounds or pause when speaking, called stuttering. Language is the words we use to share ideas and get what we want. A person with a language disorder may have problems:

  10. Speech and language impairment

    Speech and language impairment are basic categories that might be drawn in issues of communication involve hearing, speech, language, and fluency.. A speech impairment is characterized by difficulty in articulation of words. Examples include stuttering or problems producing particular sounds. Articulation refers to the sounds, syllables, and phonology produced by the individual.

  11. 10 Most Common Speech-Language Disorders & Impediments

    Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD) is a chronic long-term disorder that affects the voice. It is characterized by a spasming of the vocal chords when a person attempts to speak and results in a voice that can be described as shaky, hoarse, groaning, tight, or jittery. It can cause the emphasis of speech to vary considerably.

  12. What is a speech impairment?

    A speech impairment refers to an impaired ability to produce speech sounds and may range from mild to severe. It may include an articulation disorder, characterized by omissions or distortions of speech sounds; a fluency disorder, characterized by atypical flow, rhythm, and/or repetitions of sounds; or a voice disorder, characterized by abnormal pitch, volume, resonance, vocal

  13. Speech and Language Impairments

    IDEA is the law that makes early intervention services available to infants and toddlers with disabilities, and special education available to school-aged children with disabilities. Definition of "Speech or Language Impairment" under IDEA. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, defines the term "speech or language ...

  14. Speech disorders

    Disorders of speech and language are common in preschool age children. Disfluencies are disorders in which a person repeats a sound, word, or phrase. Stuttering may be the most serious disfluency. It may be caused by: Genetic abnormalities. Emotional stress. Any trauma to the brain or infection.

  15. Are Speech Impairments Disabilities? Understanding the Scope

    Disability Definition Source Example; Physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities: Layman's terms: Speech impairment can impact communication, a key human activity: Physical or mental impairment that significantly restricts one or more major life activities: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

  16. Spoken Language Disorders

    A spoken language disorder represents a persistent difficulty in the acquisition and use of listening and speaking skills across any of the five language domains: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Language disorders may persist across the life span, and symptoms may change over time. A spoken language disorder can occur ...

  17. Speech and Language Impairments

    Definition. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) officially defines speech and language impairments as "a communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child's educational performance." Each point within this official definition represents a speech and language subcategory.

  18. What is Speech Impairment?

    Definition of Speech Impairment. A speech impairment is a condition in which the ability to produce speech sounds that are necessary to communicate with others is impaired. Speech impairments can ...

  19. What's the Difference Between Speech Disorders and ...

    A child with this type of speech impairment may hesitate or stutter or have blocks of silence when speaking. Language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) are very different from speech impairments. LBLD refers to a whole spectrum of difficulties associated with young children's understanding and use of spoken and written language.

  20. Definitions of Communication Disorders and Variations

    A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound.

  21. Tim Walz's son was diagnosed with a nonverbal learning disorder. What

    A 2020 study estimated that as many as 2.9 million children and adolescents in North America have nonverbal learning disability, or NVLD, which affects a person's spatial-visual skills.