Under the banner of Speech, there are a few different diagnoses which can occur which are listed below.
- Articulation Disorder: Difficulty producing specific speech sounds or sound patterns, such as substituting “w” for “r” or omitting the sounds such as “tar” for “star.”
-Voice Disorder: Pitch, volume or quality of sound that is atypical for the individual’s age and gender
-Fluency Disorder: Difficulty producing smooth speech. Speech may sound stuttered or bumpy, the individual may get stuck on certain sounds or words drawing the sounds out longer than they need to or putting their tongue and lips in the correct position but struggle to begin saying the word
-Resonance Disorder: Difficulty with oral-nasal airflow. The child may sound hypernasal as if sounds is coming out their nose, or hyponasal as if sound is unable to come out of their nose
Under the banner of Language, there a few different diagnoses which can occur and are listed below.
-Expressive Language Disorder: Difficulty with age appropriate vocabulary, word recall, using limited number of words for age, poor sentence structure, and/or poor use of grammar
-Receptive Language Disorder: Difficulty following instructions, identifying objects, acting confused, or not paying attention while others are talking
-Pragmatic Language Disorder: Difficulty understanding social situations and using socially appropriate language
- Articulation Disorder: Difficulty producing specific speech sounds or sound patterns, such as substituting “w” for “r” or omitting the sounds such as “tar” for “star.”
-Voice Disorder: Pitch, volume or quality of sound that is atypical for the individual’s age and gender
-Fluency Disorder: Difficulty producing smooth speech. Speech may sound stuttered or bumpy, the individual may get stuck on certain sounds or words drawing the sounds out longer than they need to or putting their tongue and lips in the correct position but struggle to begin saying the word
-Resonance Disorder: Difficulty with oral-nasal airflow. The child may sound hypernasal as if sounds is coming out their nose, or hyponasal as if sound is unable to come out of their nose
Under the banner of Language, there a few different diagnoses which can occur and are listed below.
-Expressive Language Disorder: Difficulty with age appropriate vocabulary, word recall, using limited number of words for age, poor sentence structure, and/or poor use of grammar
-Receptive Language Disorder: Difficulty following instructions, identifying objects, acting confused, or not paying attention while others are talking
-Pragmatic Language Disorder: Difficulty understanding social situations and using socially appropriate language