Common Disorders
Below are our 17 articles in the 'common disorders' category:

Spasmodic dysphonia is a voice disorder that is caused by involuntary muscle movements in the vocal cords. This article offers some basic answers to frequently asked questions about spasmodic ...

Over 250000 people in the United Kingdom suffer from aphasia, also known as dysphasia. These people find it hard to use or understand language whether it be in speaking, reading or writing. ...

Apraxia of speech, sometimes also called dyspraxia, leaves individuals unable to consistently and correctly say what they mean. This article discusses the symptoms of apraxia of speech, treatment of ...

Articulation disorders are those that are related to an individual’s ability to say particular sounds and/or string particular sounds together. This article discusses common types of articulation ...

Many children suffer from speech sound disorders. This article discusses common types of speech sound disorders, common causes of these disorders and the role that speech and/or language therapy can ...

Cluttering is a speech disorder that affects the fluency of speech. Unlike other disorders those who suffer from cluttering are sometimes not even aware of their condition or precisely when they ...

Dysarthria is a technical term that, for the general public, equates to slurred speech. There are multiple causes of dysarthria, and many ways of treating these causes. Speech therapy may also ...

Dyspraxia is a disorder in which there is an impairment or immaturity in the body’s ability to coordinate movements. This article discusses dyspraxia in the United Kingdom, symptoms of ...

Dysprosody is a rare and relatively unknown speech disorder among the general population. Individuals suffering from dysprosody can speak fairly fluently but the rhythm of their speech, among other ...

Language based learning disabilities are not necessarily those that involve impairments with speech, but rather with the use of language whether it be in speaking, reading, spelling and/or writing. ...

Lisps are speech disorders in which individuals are unable to produce a specific speech sound (or sounds). This article discusses types of lisps, investigating and assessing lisps, treating lisps ...

Phonemic disorders are speech disorders in which an individual has trouble physically producing certain sounds. This article offers basic information on phonemic disorders and how they may be ...

Selective mutism is often mistaken for simple shyness and it very often occurs in young children. Very often little is known about selective mutism in the UK, and this article provides some basic ...

Articulation disorders are those that are related to an individual’s ability to produce particular sounds and/or string particular sounds together. This article discusses the causes of articulation ...

There is no set age at which all children should start talking, but most children will be talking – that is, using understandable words to convey meanings – by about 18 months of age. This article ...

Stammering is a very common speech disorder, with about one in every 100 individuals in the United Kingdom living with a stammer. This article discusses types of stammers, causes of stammers, ...

Voice disorders, often called vocal disorders, are those that impede an individual’s voice from sounding as it would normally. This article discusses types of voice disorders, causes of voice ...