Different types of language disorders not only affect speech, but also involve reading, writing, and listening. Behaving appropriately in social situations, understanding others, and making oneself understood are common struggles people with language impairments face. Aphasia, auditory processing disorder, and semantic pragmatic disorder are a few examples of the many types of language disorders.
Aphasia, also called dysphasia, is an example of the acquired types of language disorders. This disorder describes partial or total impairment of comprehension or production of written or spoken language. It is acquired, meaning that it is not present at birth, but rather is a side effect of brain injury. Brain tumor, stroke, and brain hemorrhage are some conditions that can cause aphasia.
Auditory processing disorder, also called central auditory processing disorder, is one of the rarer types of language disorders, affecting about 5 percent of children. The problem stems from dysfunction in communication between the ears and brain, leaving children unable to comprehend speech properly. People with this disorder can usually hear sounds normally, and the problem occurs in the processing of auditory information, such as differentiating between similar sounding words.
Dyslexia, also called developmental reading disorder, is one of the most common types of language disorders. This disorder describes an inability to process graphic symbols, such as those in written language. The problem is not related to vision, but rather the processing and understanding of what is being seen. People with dyslexia have a hard time connecting letters of words to the sounds of language. An early sign of dyslexia is often difficulty rhyming.
Lisps are also common types of language disorders. This disorder describes a person who cannot make a specific speech sound. Interdental, lateral, and palatal are the three types of lisp. Interdental lisps occur when the tongue obstructs speech by coming in between the teeth while trying to make a sound. Lateral lisps occur when air escapes from the sides of the tongue, and a wet sound is produced that prevents proper speech. Lastly, a palatal lisp is caused by the mid-section of the tongue touching the soft palate.
Semantic pragmatic disorder is one of the types of language disorders linked to autism. This disorder was originally thought to be separate from autism, but recent findings have shown that many people with autism also have this kind of language impairment. Understanding others and effectively communicating is very difficult for people with this disorder. Confusing the words I and you, difficulty understanding questions involving why and how, and repeating phrases out of context, often from a television program, are some common symptoms of semantic pragmatic disorder.
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turquoise
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My six year old nephew has a language disorder, it's called a mixed receptive-expressive language disorder. He has difficulty in both understanding language as well as speaking.
If there is a difficulty in just reception, or just expression, I believe it is referred to as "receptive language disorder" or "expressive language disorder" only. My nephew unfortunately has both from birth and so his disorder is called "mixed."
He is now doing a program called visualizing and verbalizing language program which tries to help him visualize what he hears so that he understands it better. And also to help him speak better. It seems to be helping but there haven't been any dramatic improvements so far.
Most of the time he seems pretty aloof to what's going on around him and it's not really possible to have a conversation. But he's still very young so he still has a lot of time to work on it. |
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I saw a movie recently about a child with dyslexia. He had trouble speaking, writing and understanding what he heard. He often wrote letters backwards and couldn't read it if it wasn't written the same way.
The movie was such an eye opener for me because they emphasized that language disorders like dyslexia is not mental retardation. People with dyslexia are as smart as everyone else, they just need additional assistance in school with teaching methods and graphics.
But in the movie it showed that people took this child to be a "stupid" child who didn't pay attention in school and didn't try hard enough. But nothing could be further than the truth. I think there is a big lesson to be learned here because most of us now little to nothing about language disorders in children and the different types. We don't really understand why it happens and how it should be treated. |
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burcidi
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I had never considered lisps to be a language disorder before. It seems to be a much more minor issue than other types of language disorders which have to do with the way brain functions. Lisps are caused by how the mouth is used I believe.
And having a lisp doesn't seem to prevent someone from speaking and writing which is not the case for a language disorder like dyslexia for example.
I know that people with lisps can overcome it with speech therapy. Is the same true for other language disorders? Is it possible to overcome them with therapy and practice as well? |
