Speech Therapy

Articulation Disorder : -

A speech disorder involving difficulties in

· Articulating specific types of sounds. LIKE- KA/CH/SA/

· Articulation disorders often involve substitution of one sound for another, LIKE IN PLACE OF KA child PRONOUNCE TH

· Slurring of speech, (Meaningless Pronunciation)

Articulation errors?

There are four different articulation errors that can be made when producing speech sounds:

· Substitutions

· Omissions

· Distortions

· Additions

An easy way to remember these is to use the acronym SODA. A speech sound error of the substitution type means that one sound is replicated for another sound.

Fluency Disorder.

· Genetic cause

· Stuttering (problem in fluency)

· Rate and Rhythm of Speech (speech not clear as par age)

Resonance Disorder :-

· Nasal sound

· Neurogenic cause

· Mislearning

· Articulation disorder

Receptive Disorder

· It starts before age of 3 year

· difficulty in understanding spoken and expressive language

Expressive Language Disorder.

· Vocabulary problem

· Problem in complex sentences

· Problem in understanding verbal and written communication

Cognitive communication Disorder.

As par The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

· Memory

· Organization

· Problem solving

· Reasoning

Aphasia:

· Impairment of language problem in reading and writing

· Affecting the production of Speech

· Stroke in older age

Dysarthria

· Motor speech disorder

· Neurological injury of motor component

· Articulation problems.