DYSFLUENCY
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Speech is one of the primary ways we
communicate with our environment. It is also an effective way to
monitor normal growth and development as well as to identify
potential problems.
Dysfluencies are rhythm disorders that are usually characterized by
the repetition of a sound, word, or phrase. Stuttering is, perhaps,
the most serious dysfluency.
Articulation deficiencies involve sounds made incorrectly or
inappropriately.
Dysfluency involve abnormalities in the quality, pitch, and
loudness of the sound.
There are many potential causes of speech impairment:
- the most common is mental
retardation
- hearing impairment
- ADD
- learning disabilities
- autism
- schizophrenia
- cerebral palsy
- cleft palate
- vocal cord injury
- disorders of the palate
- cri-du-chat syndrome
- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Delayed speech development is one of the
common symptoms of developmentally delayed children. It occurs in
5-10% of all children. Boys are three to four times as likely to
experience speech disorders as girls. |
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