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Exceptional Lives - Communication Disorders

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speech disorder   difficulty producing sounds as well as disorders or voice quality or fluency of speech (stuttering)  
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language disorder   difficulty receiving, understanding, or formulating ideas and information  
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receptive language disorder   difficulty receiving or understanding information  
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expressive language disorder   difficulty formulating ideas and information  
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cleft palate or lip   a condition in which a person has a split in the upper part of the oral cavity or the upper lip  
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dialect   language variation that a group of individuals uses and that reflects shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors  
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speech   oral expression of language  
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language   structured, shared, rule-governed, symbolic system for communicating  
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phonology   the use of sounds to make meaningful syllables and words; encompasses rules and sequencing of individual speech sounds (phonemes)  
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phonemes   individual speech sounds  
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morphology   system that governs the structure of words  
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morpheme   smallest meaningful unit of speech  
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syntax   provides rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences  
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semantics   refers to the meaning of what is expressed  
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pragmatics   refers to the use of communication in contexts; overall organizer for language  
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social interaction theories   emphasize that communication skills are learned through social interactions  
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articulation   speaker's production of individual or sequenced sounds  
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substitutions   an articulation error, such as /d/ for /th/  
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omissions   an articulation error, leaving a phoneme out of a word  
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additions   an articulation error, placing a vowel between two consonants  
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distortions   an articulation disorder, modifications of the production of a phoneme in a word  
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apraxia   motor speech disorder that affects the way in which a student plans to produce speech  
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pitch   determined by the rate of vibration in the vocal folds, affected by the tension and size of the vocal folds  
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duration   the length of time any speech sound requires  
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intensity   loudness or softness, based on the perception of the listener and is determined by the air pressure coming from the lungs through the vocal folds  
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resonance   the perceived quality of someone's voice, determined by the way in which the tone coming from the vocal folds is modified by the spaces of the throat, mouth ,and nose  
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hypernasality   air is allowed to pass through the nasal cavity on sounds other than /m/, /n/, and /ng/  
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hyponasality   air cannot pass through the nose and comes through the mouth instead  
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fluency   rate and rhythm of speaking  
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specific language impairment   impairment not related to any physical or intellectual disability  
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organic disorders   caused by an identifiable problem in the neuromuscular mechanism of the person  
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functional disorders   disorder with no identifiable organic or neurological cause  
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oral motor exam   examination of the appearance, strength and range of the motion of the lips, tongue, palate, teeth, and jaw  
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bilingual   uses two languages equally well  
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bidialectical   uses two variations of a language  
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System for Augmenting Language (SAL)   focuses on augmented input of language  
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congenital disorder   a disorder that occurs at or before birth  
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acquired disorder   a disorder that occurs well after birth  
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