Concept

Children With Developmental Challenges 3(2+1)

Lesson 27 : Language Disorders

Concept

A language disorder is an impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context, both verbally and nonverbally.A Language Impairment is a significant deficiency not consistent with the student’s chronological age in one or more of the following areas:

  1. a deficiency in receptive language skills to gain information
  2. a deficiency in expressive language skills to communicate information
  3. a deficiency in processing (auditory perception) skills to organize information.
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Causes

Some causes of speech and language disorders include

  • hearing loss
  • neurological disorders
  • brain injury
  • intellectual disabilities
  • drug abuse
  • physical impairments such as cleft lip or palate
  • vocal abuse or misuse

Frequently, however, the cause is unknown.

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