Articulation/phonology disorder
A person who has difficulty with the production of verbalized speech
Expressive Language Disorder
Impairs a persons ability to verbally communicate accurately or appropriately. A person could could understand a speaker but has difficulty putting words together to express their own thoughts and ideas.
Receptive language disorder
Impairs a person ability to comprehend language. A person could be able to speak clearly and accurately but has difficulty following directions, answering questions accurately/ appropriately.
Aphasia
Language disorder that makes a person's ability to communicate difficult.
Dysarthria
Difficulty speaking due to the muscles you use for speech are weak
Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing foods or liquids
Cognitive communication disorder
When a person has difficulty communicating because of brain dysfunction that typically controls the ability to think.
Dementia
The progressive or persistent loss of intellectual functioning, including memory and abstract thinking, and often with personality change, resulting from organic disease of the brain.
Traumatic Brain injury
Brain dysfunction caused by trauma to the head/brain
Augmentative alternative communication
Different ways a person can communicate besides talking.
