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What are the different types of communication impairments and disorders?

What are the different types of communication impairments and disorders?

According to DSM-5, there are four main types of Communication Disorders: Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder, Child-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering), and Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder.

What are communication difficulties?

Communication difficulties are sometimes referred to as speech, language and communication needs or communication disabilities. These terms describe people who have difficulty with one or more aspect of communication. Their thoughts and speech may be jumbled and disconnected.

What are the types of communication disorders?

Communication disorders are grouped into four main categories: speech disorders, language disorders, hearing disorders, and central auditory processing disorders.

  • Speech Disorders.
  • Language Disorders.
  • Hearing disorders.
  • Central auditory processing disorders (CAPD)

What are the 5 communication disorders?

The DSM-5 organizes communication disorders into the following categories:

  • Language Disorder.
  • Speech Sound Disorder.
  • Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)
  • Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder.
  • Unspecified Communication Disorder.

What are the three types of communication disorders?

Communication Disorders

  • Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder. A child has developmental delays and problems understanding spoken language and speaking.
  • Expressive language disorder.
  • Speech-sound disorders.
  • Childhood-onset fluency disorder.
  • Social communication disorder.

What is the most common type of communication disorder?

Following are some of the most common speech disorders that speech therapists treat.

  • Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders.
  • Receptive Disorders.
  • Autism-Related Speech Disorders.
  • Resonance Disorders.
  • Selective Mutism.
  • Brain Injury-Related Speech Disorders/Dysarthria.
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms.

What impact does a communication difficulty have on the child’s learning?

A child with a speech-language delay is likely to have difficulty following instructions, especially if the instructions are only given orally and if they contain multiple words and/or steps. In addition, children who have problems with speech-language skills may also have difficulty learning how to read and spell.

What are language and communication difficulties?

Language and communication difficulties cover a wide spectrum and include physical problems with producing clear speech, difficulties in understanding spoken language and difficulties with the social aspects of communication and interaction.

What has difficulty in speaking and communicating with others?

A child with a communication disorder has trouble communicating with others. The cause may be biological or environmental, such as being exposed to lead. Some common symptoms are not speaking at all and having trouble expressing words. A speech-language pathologist often treats a communication disorder in a child.

What are the most common communication disorders?

Following are some of the most common speech disorders that speech therapists treat.

  1. Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
  2. Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders.
  3. Speech Sound Disorders/Articulation Disorders.
  4. Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders.
  5. Receptive Disorders.
  6. Autism-Related Speech Disorders.
  7. Resonance Disorders.
  8. Selective Mutism.

What can cause communication difficulties?

What Causes Communication Disorders?

  • abnormal brain development.
  • exposure to substance abuse or toxins before birth.
  • cleft lip or palate.
  • genetic factors.
  • traumatic brain injuries.
  • neurological disorders.
  • strokes.
  • tumors in the area used for communication.

What causes communication disorders in a child?

These problems usually result from long-term overuse of the voice, speaking too loudly, or a combination. Many children with voice problems have small nodules on the vocal cords. Vocal cord polyps are often the result of an acute injury… read more .