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Communication Disorders

A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend verbal, nonverbal and written communication. Communication disorders can affect areas like speech, language, hearing and can range in severity. They include disorders like language disorders which affect vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure, speech sound disorders which involve difficulties making certain sounds, childhood-onset fluency disorders which involve disruptions in speech flow like stuttering, and social communication disorders which involve difficulties with social aspects of communication.

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Communication Disorders

A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend verbal, nonverbal and written communication. Communication disorders can affect areas like speech, language, hearing and can range in severity. They include disorders like language disorders which affect vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure, speech sound disorders which involve difficulties making certain sounds, childhood-onset fluency disorders which involve disruptions in speech flow like stuttering, and social communication disorders which involve difficulties with social aspects of communication.

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COMMUNICATIO

N DISORDER

Prepared: Maria Rizalyn Flores


COMMUNICATION
DISORDER
A communication disorder is an
impairment in the ability to
receive, send, process, and
comprehend concepts or verbal,
nonverbal and graphic symbol
systems.
COMMUNICATION
DISORDER
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..
COMMUNICATION
DISORDER
Individuals may demonstrate one
or any combination of
communication disorders. A
communication disorder may
result in a primary disability or it
may be secondary to other
disabilities.
A child with a communication disorder has
trouble communicating with others. He or
she may not understand or make the sounds
of speech. The child may also struggle with
word choice, word order, or sentence
structure.

COMMUNICATION DISORDER
Communication disorders can affect how a
person receives, sends, processes, and
understands concepts. They can also
weaken speech and language skills, or
impair the ability to hear and understand
messages.

COMMUNICATION DISORDER
A communication disorder means that a person has
difficulty with speech, communication,
language, or some combination of those. This
can manifest in word articulation, written
language, or understanding and participating in
verbal and nonverbal communication. It affects a
wide variety of people for a wide variety of
reasons.

COMMUNICATION DISORDER
TYPES OF
COMMUNICATION
DISORDER
01
LANGUAGE
DISORDER
LANGUAGE DISORDER

People with a language


disorder will often have
difficulty understanding or
using correct words in
context. They may also
have difficulty getting
others to understand what
they mean.
LANGUAGE DISORDER

• cause a person to have a


reduced vocabulary and
limited sentence structure
• struggle to form complete
meaningful sentences
• have trouble grasping the
rules of grammar, both in
written and speaking form
LANGUAGE DISORDER

• diagnosed at a young age when


children's language abilities are
substantially lower than their
age expectations
• not related to hearing loss,
motor dysfunction, intellectual
disability, global developmental
delay, or other medical or
neurological conditions.
SPEECH 02
SOUND
DISORDER
SPEECH SOUND DISORDER

• difficulty making
certain sounds
• sounds may be omitted,
changed, or distorted
• common to substitute
sounds for other
sounds.
SPEECH SOUND DISORDER

• As with Language Disorders,


SSD is often identified when
parents or teachers notice a
slowness in the development of
a child's speech.
• usually occurs in the early
development period of a child,
and is not an acquired or
congenital condition
• affect a person or child's ability
to learn, write, read, and spell.
Speech Sound
Disorder can be
divided into two
categories:
 
Articulation Phonolo
gical
Speech Sound Disorder

• have a difficult time making specific speech


sounds
ARTICULATI • related to a deficiency in their articulators (vocal
ON organs)
A • children who struggle with articulation may do so
because of a motor issue, or because two
articulators don't meet correctly to produce the
proper sound
SSD: ARTICULATION
major symptoms associated with Articulation Disorders

Distortion of Sound Omission


instead of saying, "That's
mine!", they may say, "‘at's
saying a "th" sound instead
‘ine."
of an "s" sound

Substitution Additional Sounds


using the letter "w" instead of "doguh" instead of "dog."
the letter "r".
Speech Sound Disorder
• has to do with language at the mind's
level. While Articulation is at a
PHONOLOGICA phonetic level, Phonological is at a
phonemic level
L • pattern of sound errors
B • struggle to acquire a phonological
system, or in other words, they
struggle to organize the pattern of
sounds in the brain
• create sounds in the wrong part of
their mouth.
CHILDHOOD-
03
ONSET
FLUENCY
DISORDER
CHILDHOOD-ONSET FLUENCY
DISORDER
• disruption in the natural
flow of language, more
often known as a stutter.
• manifest itself in repetition
or prolongation of speech.
• hesitate before they speak
or use monosyllabic
repetitive words
CHILDHOOD-ONSET FLUENCY
DISORDER

• experience anxiety about


speaking either in
conversation or in front of
crowds
• symptoms are not constant
and may not be present in
all situations.
04
SOCIAL
COMMUNICATION
DISORDER
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER

• does not focus on articulation of


words, phonics, or order of
words, but rather how an
individual communicates
socially.
• articulate extremely well and
may have no issues
understanding grammar and
sentence flow,
• strongly lacking in proper social
communication.
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER

• most recent diagnostic code


added to the communication
disorders
• has strong similarities to Autism
Spectrum Disorder, but a person
can be diagnosed with SCD
without also being diagnosed
with ASD.
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER

• revolves around pragmatics and social


understanding.
• having difficulty in following rules of
conversation or not understanding
things that haven't been said explicitly
• struggle to notice subtle parts of
conversation or to pick up on non-
verbal communications.
• May have a difficult time keeping
conversations flowing or responding to
the thoughts and ideas of others.

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