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What is a Communication Disorder?
Communication disorders may manifest via speaking, listening, reading, and/or writing.
Some symptoms include:
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difficulty finding the words you want to say
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difficulty pronouncing words due to muscle weakness/incoordination
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difficulty comprehending spoken/written language
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difficulty writing and spelling the appropriate letters for meaningful words

1. APHASIA - loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage.
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2. ACQUIRED APRAXIA OF SPEECH (AOS) - a “neurologic speech disorder that reflects an impaired capacity to plan or program sensorimotor commands necessary for directing movements that result in phonetically and prosodically normal speech” (Duffy, 2013, p. 4)
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3. DYSARTHRIA - a motor speech disorder in which the muscles that are used to produce speech are damaged, paralyzed, or weakened.
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A speech-language pathologist evaluates and provides individualized treatment to meet the specific needs of the individual via compensatory techniques and rehabilitative treatment.
Here at Ascend Speech & Swallow...
we provide individualized communication therapy using evidenced-based approaches to help you communicate functionally and effectively with others.