Speech And Language Disorder
- Speech-Language Disorder refers to a communication disorder that affects the ability of a person to articulate and express thoughts and ideas effectively.This disability is divided into two categories:
- Speech Difficulty – abnormalities in a preson’s speech production. A person with speech difficulty struggles in producing sounds in order to form a words.
- Language Difficulty – difficulty understanding and expressing thoughts and ideas.
How do you know if your child has Speech – Language Difficulties?
- difficulty in understanding
- struggle in putting words together to make sense
- slutters or experiencing interruption n speaking fluently such as repetition and prolongation of sounds, words and syllables.
- the child does not say sound and words clearly distortion is sounds and words
- unnecessary stops between syllables or words when speaking
- adding extra sounds to words
- raspy voice when talking
- difficulty in reading and writing
