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Speech/LanguagePathologists

Communication Disorders

Language Disorders Speech Disorders Voice Disorders Fluency Disorders

Language Disorders

Definition:A language disorder is the impaired comprehension and/or use of spokenand written language.

Language Disorders

audi tory com m an ds vocabulary

receptive

sen ten ce form ulation vocabulary

expressive

T y pes of lan guage disorders

Speech Disorders

Definition: A speech

disorder is an impairment of articulation of individual speech sounds.

Speech Disorders

arti culation disorder -a delay in the production

of speech soun ds

dy sarthria -a disorder of speech caused by

weak n ess, paraly sis, slown ess,in coordin ation , or sen sory loss

apraxia -a disorder of speech characteri z edby diffi cul ty sequen cin g speech

soun ds

T y pes of speech disorders

Voice Disorders

Definition: A voice disorder

is animpairment in thepitch, loudness, and/or resonance of voice.

Voice Disorders

V ocal n odules -cal lous form ation s on

the vocal folds

V ocal fold poly ps -en larged areas of the

vocal folds

V ocal fold paraly si s -a weak n ess or im -

m obi l i ty of the vocalfolds

T y pes of voice disorders

Fluency Disorders

Definition:A fluency disorder is an impairment in speech characterized by abnormal hesitations and/or repetitions of syllables, words, or phrases.

Fluency Disorders

S tutterin g -speech that i s characteri z ed by block s, an d

repeti tion s an d/ or prolon gation s of soun ds/ sy l lables/ wordsoccurin g wi th ten sion an d avoidan ce behaviors

C lutterin g -speech characteri z ed by rapid an d/ or i rregular

speak in g rate wi th excessive dy sfl uen ciesoccurin g wi th n o apparen t phy sical struggl e

T y pes of fl uen cy disorders

Nonverbal communication

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