Communication Disorders

What types of support may be included in educational considerations for communication disorders?

• Direct therapy and classroom-based strategies.

• Only classroom-based strategies.

• Only direct therapy.

• Peer support and group activities.

The exchange of ideas, information, thoughts, and feelings involving a sender, a message, a medium, and a receiver.

• Communication

• Interaction

• Transmission

• Expression

Problems with the flow of speech, such as stuttering.

• Fluency disorders

• Articulation disorders

• Voice disorders

• Language disorders

Devices or strategies to support communication for individuals with severe speech or language problems.

• AAC systems

• Speech therapy

• Sign language

• Voice recognition software

Difficulty with both understanding and expressing language.

• Mixed receptive-expressive disorder

• Expressive language disorder

• Receptive language disorder

• Specific language impairment

An impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, and graphic symbol systems.

• Communication disorder

• Cognitive impairment

• Speech delay

• Language barrier

The way the message is transmitted, such as spoken words, gestures, writing, visual aids, or electronic communication.

• Medium

• Method

• Channel

• Format

Difficulty expressing thoughts through language.

• Expressive language disorder

• Receptive language disorder

• Aphasia

• Dyslexia

Hearing loss caused by damage to the outer or middle ear.

• Sensorineural hearing loss

• Conductive hearing loss

• Mixed hearing loss

• Auditory processing disorder

Difficulty pronouncing sounds correctly.

• Articulation/phonological disorders

• Dyslexia

• Aphasia

• Stuttering