hello my name is
amor clinical
partner speech
hearing sciences at the University affairs owner I'm a clinically trained
and certified speech-language pathologist
and a member of the talking matters team in this module
I'll be talking about speech and language disorders you learn the
definitions have speech
and language common types associated disorders
and characteristics that me signal concern we know that
most typically developing children learn language in predictable stages
and %uh predictable ages but within these predictable ages and stages
there's a wide range of variability every child develops
at a unique pace so you want to keep track of your own child development
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and with the help of this video be ready to ask your pediatrician
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or a speech language pathologist who specializes in
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early childhood development any questions or concerns you may have about
the development over your child's speech and language
let's begin by describing speech and language
and common types and related disorders speech
is the production individual sounds put together to form words
children learn the distinctive sounds have their language
gradually and learn to combine them according to the rules
or patterns they hear from the moment they're born babies listen to all the
sounds around them
and every sound you make and soon begin to recognize
frequently occurring sound combinations called words
by their first birthday your child will say their very first words
and by age 4 most children will produce nearly
all sounds correctly I will be understood by most everyone around them
language is a combination
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or system of symbols used to convey ideas
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and understand others there really are two parts to it
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receptive language and expressive language
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receptive language represents what we understand
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while expressive language represents what we can say or express
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inwards phrases and census speech and language disorders
may occur separately or together when talking is hard for a child they may be
experiencing
a speech sound or articulation disorder they may have difficulty producing one
are many different sounds or sound combinations family members or friends
may have difficulty
understanding their speech or refer to it as baby talk
a child may leave out a sound or substitute one sound for another
this may not be cause for concern but it could be
if it persists past the age when they would be expected to produce such sounds
correctly other children who have difficulty
may repeat sounds or words or phrases when they speak
their works
you might also notice attend snack face or shoulders when they try to talk
when these behaviors persist and distract the listener
they may signal a stuttering or fluency disorder
a child with unusual voice quality such as
coarseness or breathlessness or who uses a very loud or soft voice
might be demonstrating a voice disorder if a child has difficulty expressing
ideas our needs
they may be reluctant to talk or become easily frustrated
this may signal an expressive language disorder
or you might hear your child confusing the pronouns him
and her for example a child might say him hit me
or they may frequently use big words like stuff
poor thing instead a specific labels this could be cause for concern
if other more specific words are not used at all when a child frequently has
difficulty following directions
or understanding what others are saying they may be showing signs over cepted
language disorder
they may hear or see a word but not understand its meaning
it's important to note that these symptoms may be mistakenly identified as
poor listening
poor attention selective hearing or bad behavior
but children a speech and language difficulties of an express their
frustration
by communicating through physical aggression or other disruptive behavior
that
may lead to poor relationships with peers or siblings
or reluctance to attend school speech and language disorders
frequently occur together so a child may be demonstrating a combination of
several problems
concerned family members may notice the child struggling
an offer well-intentioned advice that as a parent
you may consider intrusive but if you sent something is different
about your child's speech or language development and
others have shared concern it's probably time to seek help
identifying whether or not disorders present
there are many different causes a speech and language disorders
including hearing loss brain injury or physical impairments
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