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Commute Disorders
Disability for Students in Communication (Speech) Student: Melinda Yeh
| Vocabulary | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Speech Disorder | The difficulty of producing sounds and their voice qualities |
| Language Disorder | Difficulty receiving, formulating, and understanding ideas and information. |
| Receptive Language Disorder | Difficulty in receiving or understanding information. |
| Expressive Language Disorder | Difficulty creating ideas and information. |
| Cleft Palate or Lip | Condition where the upper part of the oral cavity or the upper lip has split. |
| Dialect | A language variation where a group uses that reflects a shared regional, social or cultural area. |
| Language | Structured, rule supported system for communication. |
| Phonology | Use of sounds to create meaningful words and syllables. |
| Morphology | System that develops the structure of words. |
| Morpheme | Smallest unit of speech. Example: Bill is one morpheme. |
| Syntax | Rules for putting together words in order to form sentences. |
| Semantics | Meaning of what is expressed. Understanding meaning of words then using them in a sentence. |
| Pragmatics | Use of communication n contexts. |
| Social Interaction Theories | A theory that states that communication skills are learned through social interaction. |
| Articulation | The production of a speakers' sequenced sounds, used in speech. |
| Substitutions | When someone places another letter sound for another. Such as a child sounding /d/ instead of /th/. |
| Omissions | Leaving phonemes out of a word. |
| Additions | When someone places a vowel between two consonants. |
| Distortions | Modification of a phoneme in a word. Example would be a lisp and when sounds are mispronounced. |
| Apraxia of Speech | Motor speech disorder which affects the technique of someone trying to produce speech. (CAS) |
| Voice Disorders | Quality of a voice that carries problems with breath support or vocal-fold functioning. |
| Pitch | The projection of volume of sound, created by the tension and size of vocal folds. |
| Duration | Length of time any sound is produced. |
| Intensity | Loudness or softness of sound. |
| Resonance | Quality of one's voice that comes from vocal folds modified by the spaces f mouth, throat, and nose. |
| Hypernasality | A resonance trait where air is allowed to flow through the nasal cavity on certain sounds. |
| Hyponasality | A resonance problem where they sound as if they have cold or are holding their nose. Air cannot pass through the nose and goes through the mouth instead. |
| Specific Language Impairment | Trouble with speech that are receptive, expressive, or both. |
| Pragmatics | Social use of language, communication between a speaker and a listener with similar social environment. |
| Organic Disorder | Problems identified in the neuromuscular mechanism within a person. |
| Functional Disorder | When problems cannot be found through organic or neurological causes. |
| Congenital Disorder | Problems that occur at or before birth. |
| Acquired Disorder | Problems that occur a while after birth. |
| Voice Evaluation | Information about environmental factors that might affect vocal quality and voice use. |
| Fluency Evaluation | Type and duration of speech is tested. |
| Bilingual | Ability to use two languages successfully. |
| Bidialectal | Variations of language in use. |
| System for Augmenting Language (SAL) | Instructional strategy that has been effective in inputting language in communication interactions. |