Spoken Language Disorders
A spoken language disorder (SLD), also known as an oral language disorder, represents a significant impairment in the acquisition and use of language across modalities due to deficits in ...
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Speech Sound Disorders
Speech sound disorders is an umbrella term referring to any difficulty or combination of difficulties with perception, motor production, or phonological representation of speech sounds and speech ...
Social Communication Disorders
Social communication disorder (SCD) is characterized by persistent difficulties with the use of verbal and nonverbal language for social purposes. Primary difficulties may be in social ...
Selective Mutism
Selective mutism is a complex childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a child's inability to speak and communicate effectively in select social settings, such as school. An individual's ...
Right Hemisphere Damage
Right hemisphere damage (RHD; also known as “right hemisphere disorder” and “right hemisphere brain damage”) is an acquired brain injury—usually secondary to stroke or TBI—that causes impairments ...
Speech Resonance Disorders
Speech resonance is the result of the transfer of sound produced by the vocal folds through the vocal tract comprised of the pharynx, oral cavity, and nasal cavity (Kummer, 2020a; ...
Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss
Permanent childhood hearing loss can be congenital, delayed-onset, progressive, or acquired in nature. Congenital hearing loss refers to hearing loss that is present at birth and is often ...
Swallowing Disorders
Swallowing is a complex process during which saliva, liquids, and foods are transported from the mouth into the stomach while keeping the airway protected. Swallowing is commonly divided into the ...
Feeding Disorders
Feeding is the process involving any aspect of eating or drinking, including gathering and preparing food and liquid for intake, sucking or chewing, and swallowing (Arvedson & Brodsky, 2002). ...
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMDs)
Orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) are patterns involving oral and orofacial musculature that interfere with normal growth, development, or function of orofacial structures, or call ...
Late Language Emergence (LLE)
Late language emergence (LLE) is a delay in language onset with no other diagnosed disabilities or developmental delays in other cognitive or motor domains. LLE is diagnosed when language ...
Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability (ID) is characterized by onset in the developmental period (before the age of 22 years; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , n.d.); ...
Newborn Hearing Screening
Newborn hearing screening is the standard of care in hospitals nationwide. The primary purpose of newborn hearing screening is to identify newborns who are likely to have hearing loss and who ...
Childhood Hearing Screening
A hearing screening is used to identify individuals who may require a more comprehensive hearing assessment and/or medical management. Hearing screenings for children may take place in early ...
Hearing Screening
Hearing screening is the systematic application of a test or inquiry completed to identify individuals who are at risk for a hearing disorder or disability and who may benefit from further ...
Hearing Loss in Adults
Hearing loss refers to a partial or total inability to hear. It can result from problems with the ear (outer, middle, and/or inner), the vestibulocochlear nerve (i.e., cranial nerve eight or CN ...
Hearing Aids For Children
A hearing aid is an electronic device that is worn in the ear, behind the ear, or on the skull that amplifies sound for use by individuals with hearing loss. A hearing aid may be included as one ...
Hearing Aids For Adults
Hearing aid fitting and verification for adults is a complex process representing one part of a comprehensive aural rehabilitation plan. See the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association ...
Fluency Disorder
Fluency refers to continuity, smoothness, rate, and effort in speech production. All speakers are disfluent at times. They may hesitate when speaking, use fillers (“like” or “uh”), or repeat a ...
Early Intervention
Early intervention (EI) is the process of providing services and supports to infants, toddlers, and their families when a child has or is at risk for, a developmental delay, disability, or health ...
