SPEECH DISORDERS CAUSES

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.

Speech disorders 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.

SPEECH DISORDERS RELATED ITEMS

	SPEECH DISORDERS DEFINITION
	SPEECH DISORDERS DESCRIPTION
	SPEECH DISORDERS CAUSES
	SPEECH DISORDERS SYMPTOMS
	SPEECH DISORDERS DIAGNOSIS
	SPEECH DISORDERS TREATMENTS
	SPEECH DISORDERS PROGNOSIS
	SPEECH DISORDERS INFORMATION
	SPEECH DISORDERS PREVENTION