Speech Disorders
Making the the sounds that form verbal language (or the smallest box in the communication disorder graphic organizer)
What is speech?
Refers to the meaning and use of words in language. Students with this kind of language disorder may have difficulty understanding metaphors, similes, and figurative language, use a limited number of words to express themselves, or overuse the words like “stuff” and “thing” because specific names are difficult to retrieve.
What is semantics?
Communication disorders can have no known cause or they can be related to another disorder. If they have no known cause, the are _________, but if they are related to another disorder, they are ___________.
What is primary and secondary?
The preferred term for hearing loss, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but is not included under the definition of “deafness.”
What is hard of hearing?
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Involves pitch, loudness, quality (resonance); this disorders occurs when the pitch, loudness, and/or quality hampers communication
What is voice?
Refers to word order; students put words in the wrong order
What is syntax?
Communication disorders related to receiving messages or understanding what messages
What are receptive communication disorders?
The audiological condition of not hearing
What is deaf (with a lowercase d)?
Prevalence of ASD?
What is 1 in 36?
Interruptions in speech flow; includes stuttering
What is fluency?
refers to the rules governing the internal organization of words (i.e., verb tense, suffixes). When students overgeneralize the rules of language, they may have this kind of language disorder.
What is morphology?
Communication disorders related to sending understandable messages to someone else
What are expressive communication disorders?
A small, electronic device that helps people who are deaf or severely hard of hearing to hear sounds and understand speech. It bypasses damaged parts of the ear and stimulates the auditory nerve directly.
What is cochlear implant?
The term used to describe ASD as a difference and not a disability
What is neurodiverse?
The act of forming words and sounds; when students are not able to correctly form words and sounds, they may have this kind of disorder; see the developmental chart for speech sound development
What is articulation?
Difficulty organizing sounds in the brain. A student who leaves out sounds in the words might have this kind of disorder Example: “Use your nakin when you eat paghetti.”
What is phonology?
Refers to gestures, facial expressions, and body language; varies by culture and situation
What is kinesics?
Use this format of the word when referring to a particular group of deaf people who share a culture and a language, American Sign Language (ASL)
What us Deaf with an uppercase D?
The term used to describe individuals who do not have ASD
What is neurotypical?
The word used to describe speech that is difficult to understand because of articulation errors
What is unintelligible?
Refers to the use of language for social purposes. When students have difficulties with conversational turn-taking, maintaining a conversation, making requests, or responding appropriately to a speaker’s comment, they may have this kind of language disorder.
What is pragmatics?
Refers to personal space and eye contact norms; varies by situation and culture
What is proxemics?
The three IDEA categories related hearing loss.
What are deafness, hard of hearing, and deaf-blindness?
The triad of challenges for individuals with ASD
What are social communication difficulties, social relationship difficulties, and rigidity of thought, behavior & play?