Table of Contents
What Is Language Processing? 1
When Things Go Wrong 2
Symptoms of Language Processing Disorder 2
Children with Language Processing Disorder 2
Language Processing Disorder in Adults 3
Next Steps 3
What Is Language Processing?
Language Processing is a term used to describe the series of tasks our brain carries out when we hear and utilise language. Before we can understand what Language Processing Disorder is, we need a basic awareness of these mental communication-related tasks. So, we will begin this article by identifying the neural activities that take place during verbal communication. Although Language Processing Disorder can affect written and non-verbal communications, we will …show more content…
Nobody knows for sure why Language Processing Disorder occurs, but we do have a workable understanding of its unique symptoms. It is different to physical hearing loss, where problems occur in the inner ear, and it is a separate issue to Auditory Processing Disorder, which affects the Auditory Cortex. It is not an oral-motor disorder affecting the physical organs of speech, nor is it caused by a poor vocabulary. This means that people with Language Processing Disorder can usually hear fine, and may produce speech with perfect clarity. What’s more is that they may even have quite a broad vocabulary. Rather, symptoms appear in the way their brain understands language, the ease with which it can draw on memories or words, and the way it organises our expressive language. In the next section, we will look at the symptoms of Language Processing Disorder in more detail.
Symptoms of Language Processing Disorder
People who have a Language Processing Disorder find it unusually difficult to understand language and organise their words to express what they have to say. Both adults and children can be affected, with the symptoms appearing differently depending on a person’s age. For children, Language Processing Disorder most noticeably affects their literacy and overall learning. Adults, on the other hand, tend to notice difficulties more when interacting with others. This section will investigate the symptoms at different ages in more