| Speech disorders are fairly easy to recognize by | | | | + Heard jerking while talking |
| a layperson. The speech may be difficult to | | | | + Eye blinking while talking |
| understand, articulation may be unclear, it may | | | | + Embarrassment with speech. |
| sound ‘stuttered’ or fluency may by | | | | Articulation Deficiency. |
| disrupted. Although most listeners tolerate speech | | | | + Unintelligible speech by age 3 |
| disorders, individuals with speech problems | | | | + Leaves out consonants at the beginning of |
| typically do not like the fact that attention is | | | | words by age 3. |
| drawn to their speech and may wish to obtain | | | | + Leaves out consonants at the end of words by |
| help from speech therapists. | | | | age 4 |
| Speech disorders refer to several conditions in | | | | + Persistent problems with articulation after age 7 |
| which a person has difficulty communicating by | | | | + Leaves out sound where they should occur |
| mouth. Speech is one of the primary ways we | | | | + Distorts sounds. |
| communicate with those around us. It is an | | | | + Substitutes an incorrect sound for a correct |
| effective way to monitor normal growth and | | | | one. |
| development as well as to identify potential | | | | Voice Disorders. |
| problems. | | | | + Pitch deviations. |
| Disfluencies are rhythm disorders that are usually | | | | + Deviation in the loudness and quality of the |
| characterized by the repetition of a sound, word | | | | voice |
| or phrase. Stuttering is perhaps the most serious | | | | + Stuttering it quite common |
| disffluency. Articulation deficiencies involve sounds | | | | + Cluttering, a speech disorders that has |
| made incorrectly or inappropriately. Voice | | | | similarities to stuttering |
| disorders involve abnormalities in the quality, pitch | | | | + Dysprosody is the rarest neurological speech |
| and loudness of the sound. | | | | disorder. It is characterized by alterations in |
| There are many potential causes of speech | | | | intensity, in the timing of utterance segments, and |
| impairment. The most common cause is mental | | | | in rhythm, cadence, and intonation of words. |
| retardation. Other causes may include. | | | | + Difficulty in producing specific speech sounds |
| + Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD) | | | | may be considered a speech sound disorder, and |
| + Autism | | | | subdivided into Articulation Disorders (also called |
| + Cerebral palsy | | | | Phonetic Disorder) and Phonemic Disorder. |
| + Cleft Palate | | | | Treatments |
| + Disorders of the palate | | | | Many of these types of disorders can be treated |
| + Hearing impairment | | | | by speech therapy, but others require medical |
| + Learning disability | | | | attention by a doctor in phoniatrics. Other |
| + Schizophrenia | | | | treatments include correction of organic conditions |
| + Vocal cord injury | | | | and psychotherapy. |
| However, in many cases is unknown. Child abuse | | | | Social Effects Of Speech Disorders. |
| may also be a cause in some cases. | | | | Suffering from a speech disorder can have |
| Delayed speech development is one of the | | | | negative social effects, especially among young |
| common symptoms observed in developmentally | | | | children. Those with a speech disorders can be |
| delayed children. It occurs in five to 10 percent of | | | | targets of bullying that can result in disorders can |
| all children. Boys are three to four times as likely | | | | cause some sufferers to be shy and have poor |
| to have speech disorders as girls. | | | | public speaking skills. Some of the famous people |
| Symptoms … | | | | with speech impediments are.. |
| Disfluency. | | | | + Humphrey Bogart, actor - Lisp |
| + Repetition of sounds, words or phrase after | | | | + Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister - Lisp, |
| age 4 | | | | Cluttering and Stutter. |
| + Frustration with attempts to communicate | | | | |