SPHHRNG 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Market Trend, Specific Language Impairment, Speech Sound Disorder
13 Sep 2016
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Professionals who are educated to evaluate and treat disorders of speech and language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing. Audiologists are experts in the non-medical management of the auditory and balance systems. They specialize in the study of testing and determining hearing loss and where it is. Communication includes all means by which information is transmitted between a sender and receiver. We have a highly sophisticated system of communication called language. Although all forms of language are used to communicate ideas, not all forms of communication involve language. Effective use of language is not restricted to spoken words. What are some common ways we communicate non-verbally: facial expressions, signing, intonation, volume, eye contact. Nonverbal 65: facial expressions, tone of voice, movement, appearance, eye contact, gestures, posture. Communication disorders can affect both children and adults, of all races, ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic status. Impairment of the way sounds of words are produced. Developmental speech sound disorder (different letters, sounds)
