Speech disorder

Stuttering is a speech disorder that involves significant problems with the normal fluency of speech. Fluency is a component of speech production that “refers to the smoothness, rate, and effort of speech” (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, p. 1). Stuttering is an interruption in the flow of speaking in which “sounds, syllables, or words are repeated or prolonged, disrupting the rate and rhythm of speech” (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2014, p. 1). These speech disfluencies may be accompanied by physical tension (rapid eye blinks or tremors of the lips), negative reactions, secondary behaviors, and avoidance of sounds, words, or speaking situations. Stuttering can make it difficult to communicate…

A speech sound disorder incudes problems with articulation and phonological processes that persist beyond the age of acquisition. A speech sound disorder can affect both children and adults, and subsequently can have a social or educational impact on individuals across the lifespan. Speech-Language Pathologists have taken an influential role in treating speech sound disorders. Treating the various speech sound disorders related to articulation and phonological disorders is important due to the…

Eating Disorders Well, today I will be writing about Eating Disorders. First I will be talking about what are Eating disorders. Second I will be talking about Types of Eating Disorders. Third I will be talking about Who Has Eating Disorders. Four I will be talking about how Eating Disorders and depression. Firth I will be talking about what causes Eating Disorder. Eating disorders are serious injuries in eating behavior. Their will involve an unhealthy reduction of severe overeating, well as…

As a group we have decided to inform the class over sleep disorders. Because there are many sleep disorders known today, we decided to focus on three sleep disorders. We will be informing the class over insomnia, sleep apnea, and lastly night terrors. We chose the tree listed sleep disorders because as a group we thought those were the disorders that would entertain the class and allow for us to create fun learning environment. The outline of our presentation is structured around five props. The…

those who suffer are men.4 Eating disorders are not new to this world, but they are on the rise, and more people are suffering. Anorexia Nervosa is not the only eating disorder in the world, but it is the most common. Many who suffer don’t realize they have an eating disorder.4 There are a lot of myths around eating disorders, like someone stops eating for attention, but those myths are not at all true. Many people believe eating disorders are a choice, and a cry for attention. Someone isn’t…

Communication disorders encompass a variety of speech and language that affect the day to day lives of children and adults. The views of these disorders are viewed differently by different people depending on the setting. It ranges from positive acceptance to negative rejection. For example, within the movies, “The King’s Speech” and “Sound and Fury” has been produced in order to capture the challenges that give an inside view for viewers to empathize with. People can connect to the characters…

How to deal with anxiety disorders Hello everyone. Today I’m going to be talking about something very important. Many people deal with these day to day and are too embarrassed to talk about them or sometimes even acknowledge their existence. People often will end up going to the emergency room claiming they had a heart attack until the doctor tells them they just had a panic attack. Panic attack? What are these? How do they arise? What can I do to deal with them? Through my own personal…

Since forever, many people suffered from different types of psychological disorders, such as depression, bipolarity, PTSD, anorexia, BPD, etc. In this oral, I’ll be talking about personality disorders which is the second most diagnose psychological problem. A lot of us might think that there is only one type of PD, when in reality there are 10 different and they’re regrouped in three distinct categories. In order to diagnose any personality disorders, there as to be the presence of the four…

The field of speech pathology deals with diagnoses and treatment of disorder that affect a person’s ability to communicate. It encompasses all forms of communication, verbal, non-verbal, written, and augmentative. There are two main categories that disorders fall into speech and language. Many assume that speech and language are one in the same however speech is the sounds produced in language and is the system of signs and symbols used to communicate. It is a broad field that include…

understand. There were times that he refrained from speaking or reading out loud, usually in classroom situations, due to his speech impediments. While at school he saw a speech-language pathologist who helped him with his speech difficulties and I cannot express how influential that was. She corrected his stuttering problem as well as his minor lisp. Ever since, I became intrigued with the field of speech-language pathology. My desire is to assist others and make a difference in the lives of…