speech and language disorders test 1

What is communication?

The way we exchange information, thoughts, ideas, or emotions with others in verbal, nonverbal or symbolic ways

What are congenital disorders?

When you are born with a condition

• Ex. Deafness or a cleft palate

What is an acquired disorder?

A disorder that manifests after birth due to a disease or accident

What is an impairment?

Any loss or abnormality in structure or function of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure that causes a person's ability to function in society to be impacted

What is a disability?

The consequence of an individuals impairment that results in difficulties in execution of daily activities and tasks due to a combination of their impairment and barriers in the environment or society

What is a communication disorder?

Any structure or function used in communication that is diminished to a significant degree

What is person-first language?

When referring to individuals who have communication disorders to use the term "individuals with communication

What are the 3 types of communication disorders?

1. Problems with speech

2. Problems with language

3. Problems with hearing

What are the different speech disorder types?

• Speech sound disorders

  • Articulation and Phonological disorders

• Fluency disorder

• Voice disorders

  • Phonatory disorders

  • Resonance disorders

  • Psychogenic disorder

What is speech sound disorder?

Disorder where people have difficulty with perception, motor production, and/or phonological representation of speech sounds or segments in a manner that impacts their ability to be understood

What is phonological disorder?

A speech sound disorder where speech production problems are based on the way sounds are represented in the brain

What is an articulation problem?

A speech sound disorder where people experience difficulty in learning and producing specific sounds due to motor-based difficulties

What is a fluency disorder?

An unusual interruption in the flow of speaking that involves continuity rate and effort

• Atypical rhythm and rate and an unusual number of sound and syllable repetitions.

What are voice disorders?