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The expression of language via sounds; the oral modalities for language
Speech
An observational evaluation that includes observing the speech and language characteristics of a child actively communicating.
Language Sample
A type of fluency disorder involving cognitive, linguistic, pragmatic, speech, and motor abilities
Cluttering
The sharing or exchange of ideas, information, thoughts, and feelings. Does not necessarily require speech or language.
Communication
Slowness in the development of adequate vocabulary and grammar, or when a child’s language age does not correspond to the child’s chronological age.
Developmental Language Delay
a code used to communicate ideas via a conventional system of arbitrary signals.
Language
communicative behaviours used by children before the formation of formal speech and language characteristics.
A disorder of voice resonance, frequently observed as a result of cleft palate, in which too much air passes through the nasal cavities during the production of sounds, giving the speaker a distinctive nasal quality or “twang”.
A psycholinguistic system that involves word meanings and word relationships and their use in communication.
Semantics
A congenital defect in which the upper lip is split or there is an opening in the roof of the mouth. Can often be surgically corrected. Hypernasality is common.
Cleft lip/ Cleft Palate
Etiologies of speech and language disorders that have no obvious physical basis (Such as environmental stress.)
Functional
A series of linguistic rules that determine word order and combinations to form sentences and how such word order is used in the communication process.
Syntax
A disorder of voice resonance in which there is a restricted flow of air through the nostrils, often resulting in the speaker’s sounding as if his or her nose is being held.
Hypo-nasality
Dictates how the smallest meaningful units of our language (Morphemes) are combined to form words.
Morphology
Loss or impairment of language functions.
Aphasia
Etiologies of speech and language disorders that can be linked to a physiological deficit (Such as cleft palate)
Organic
a type of fluency disorder in which word sounds are repeated.
Stuttering
A problem in the processing of sound not attributed to hearing loss or intellectual capacity, involving cognitive and linguistic functions that directly affect receptive communication skills.
Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)
The sound system of a language, including the use of sounds to create meaningful syllables and words
Phonology
an articulation disorder that occurs when a sound is not pronounced in a word
Omissions
the ability to understand what is meant by spoken communication
Receptive language
The formation and production of language, verbal and noverbal, that is understood by and meaningful to others.
Expressive Language
Disorders that involve the flow of speech, influencing the rate and smoothness of an individual's speech
Fluency Disorders
Errors in the formation of individual sounds of speech
Articulation disorders
An articulation disorder in which a sound is said inaccurately, but resembles the intended sound
Distortions