COMD 500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motor Speech Disorders, Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate, Auditory Processing Disorder
30 May 2017
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Basic types of communication disorders (speech, language, hearing, feeding & swallowing), examples. Speech disorders: atypical production of speech sounds, interruption in the flow of speaking, and abnormal production and/or absence of voice quality. Examples: articulation and phonological disorders, fluency disorders, voice disorders, and motor speech disorders. Language disorders: breakdown in formulation (use of spoken written, and/or other symbol systems) or comprehension. Can impact one or more of the following domains: semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, and pragmatics. Examples: aphasia, reading disabilities, and specific language impairment. Results from impaired sensitivity of the auditory system. Examples: sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, and central auditory processing disorder. Peds: cleft palate, cp, prematurity, sensory feeding issues. Roles of audiologists: identify, assess, manage, and prevent disorders of hearing and balance, including auditory processing. Speech-language pathologists: identify, asses, treat, and prevent expressive and receptive communication disorders in all modalities. Provide services for swallowing disorders, may modify dialects.
