Communication Disorders and Their Variations

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Communication Disordersand Their Variations
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Communication Disorders

• Communication Disorders
• Is an impairment in the ability to receive, send,
  process, and comprehend concepts or verbal,
  nonverbal, and graphic symbol systems. A
  communication disorder may range from mild to
  profound. It may be developmental or acquired.
  Individual may demonstrate one or many sub-types
  of a communication disorder. Additionally, a
  communication disorder may be the primary or
  secondary disability.

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Speech Disorders

• Speech disorder.
• Is an impairment of the articulation of speech
  sounds, fluency, and/or voice.
• Articulation disorder- is atypical production of
  speech sounds characterized by substitutions,
  omissions, additions, or distortions speech.
• Fluency disorder is an interruption in the flow
  of speaking characterized by atypical rate,
  rhythm, and repetitions.
• Voice disorders- is characterized by abnormal
  production and/or absences of vocal quality,
  pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration,
  which is not age or gender appropriate.

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Language Disorders

• Language disorder
• Is impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken,
  written, and/or other symbol systems which may
  involve the form of language (phonology,
  morphology, syntax) The content of language
  (semantics) and/or the function of language
  (pragmatics)
• The form language
• Phonology is the sound system or language and
  rules that govern the sound combination
• Morphology is the system that governs the
  structure of words and the construction of word
  forms
• Syntax is the system governing the order and
  combination of words to from sentences, and the
  relationships among the elements within a sentence

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Language Disorders, cont

• Language disorder
• Is impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken,
  written, and/or other symbol systems which may
  involve the form of language (phonology,
  morphology, syntax) The content of language
  (semantics) and/or the function of language
  (pragmatics)
• Content of language
• Semantics is the system that governs the meanings
  of words and sentences
• Function of language
• Pragmatics is the system that combines the other
  language components is functional and socially
  appropriate communication

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Hearing Disorder

• Is the result of impaired auditory sensitivity of
  the physiological auditory system. A hearing
  impairment may limit the development,
  comprehension, production, and/or maintenance of
  speech and/or language. Individuals with hearing
  impairments are generally described as deaf or
  hard of hearing.
• Deaf is defined as a hearing is order that limits
  the aural/oral communication to the extent that
  the individual is required to not able to us
  his/her hearing as the primary input for
  communication.
• Hard of hearing is when an individual auditory
  system in impaired however he/she still uses it
  as their primary input for communication.

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Assignment

• Discuss the strengthens and weaknesses of the
  following perspectives in language development
• The behavioral perspective, and
• The semantic/cognitive perspective
• Please place your answer under the discussion
  board in Blackboard and respond to at least two
  other persons responses