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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:57:40 GMT
Right hemisphere syndrome is caused by injury to the right hemisphere of the brain. The brain is divided into the right and left hemispheres, which are each responsible for different fu...
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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:52:48 GMT
Speech and language development begins very early, before a child says his or her first word. Early adult –infant interactions in the forms of facial expressions, vocalizations, and phy...
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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:46:49 GMT
If you suspect that your child has autism and he or she was not diagnosed at school, or is no yet attending school, you should contact a pediatrician to discuss your concern and obtain ...
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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:42:46 GMT
Dysarthria is a neurogenic motor speech disorder resulting from muscular weakness of the tongue, lips, soft palate, larynx or respiratory muscles . Individuals with dysarthria may exhib...
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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:37:26 GMT
Many adults consider speech and language to be the exact same phenomenon. However, professionals, such as speech pathologists, consider speech and language to be two different systems. ...
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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:21:59 GMT
Apraxia of speech is a neurogenic motor- speech disorder secondary to damage to the parts of the brain; responsible for motor programming and sequencing. Apraxia of speech does not incl...
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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:18:17 GMT
Aphasia is a language disorder acquired secondary to an injury in the part of the brain responsible for language. Aphasia is very often caused by injury to the left hemisphere of the br...
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Mon, 23 May 2011 13:23:54 GMT
Autism is part of a bigger category of Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), that also includes: Asperger’s disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD), Rett’s Disorder and PDD...
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Mon, 23 May 2011 13:16:30 GMT
Stuttering is a disorder affecting speech fluency. This disorder is marked by disruptions (called dysfluencies) of the effortless flow of speech. Stuttering is more common among males t...