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Introduction To Speech Disorders |
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Written by Kevin Ellis
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 07:40 |
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Human communication is through speech, language, and non-verbal communication.There are a number of speech disorders that affect a person. It could be the person's speech, cognition, language, swallowing and voice. Some of the common disorders in children include face learning difficulties, language delay, physical disabilities, specific language impairment, specific difficulties in producing sounds, hearing impairment, cleft palate, stammering, autism, social interaction difficulties, dyslexia, cerebral palsy and voice disorders. Adults could have speech disorders and communication problems as a result of stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, dementia, cancer of the head, neck and throat, voice problems, mental health issues, learning difficulties, physical disabilities, stammering, hearing impairment and transgender voice.
by KevinEllis
Human communication is through speech, language, and non-verbal communication.There are a number of speech disorders that affect a person. It could be the person's speech, cognition, language, swallowing and voice. Some of the common disorders in children include face learning difficulties, language delay, physical disabilities, specific language impairment, specific difficulties in producing sounds, hearing impairment, cleft palate, stammering, autism, social interaction difficulties, dyslexia, cerebral palsy and voice disorders. Adults could have speech disorders and communication problems as a result of stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, dementia, cancer of the head, neck and throat, voice problems, mental health issues, learning difficulties, physical disabilities, stammering, hearing impairment and transgender voice.
Speech disorders include language disorder or impairments. The problems could be related to semantics, grammar and other aspects of language. This may be a result of impaired language comprehension resulting in receptive problems. It may also be related to language production resulting in expressive problems. The spoken, sign and written language could be affected as a result. Both expressive as well as receptive language can be affected by specific language impairment. It is not a result of physical or development disorder but a result of pure language impairment. The acquisition of language and using of the language could be the problem. Pragmatic language impairment, which is called Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder, is a problem where the person is not able to understand what others said or is unable to use the appropriate language suited to or required of the social situations. These are known as developmental disorders. Autism or Asperger's Syndrome could be the cause of these problems. Aphasia is another problem. This is a language disorder in which speech as well as grasp of speech is damaged though there is no loss of speech.
There is corrective or rehabilitative treatment of physical and cognitive disorders or defects. The speech therapy treatments and speech language intervention are provided by Speech and Language Therapists or Speech-language pathologists.
Speech therapy is offered though hospitals, community health centers, private practice, mainstream and special schools. There could be specialized approach as the Language Intervention for School-Age Students. The kind of treatment would depend on the nature and severity of the disorder. There are various types of common treatments. These include physical strengthening exercises, repetitive or instructive practice and drilling, use of audio-visual aids and strategies for improving functional communication. Picture symbols and sign language are also used.
Communication is a part of our daily living. If you have speech disorders, don't ever give up because there's still hope through language intervention programs.
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