Common Disorders

Below are our 23 articles in the common disorders' category:

All About the Voice Disorder Spasmodic Dysphonia
Spasmodic dysphonia is a voice disorder that is caused by involuntary muscle movements in the vocal cords. This article offers some basic answers to...
Aphasia
Over 250000 people in the United Kingdom suffer from aphasia, also known as dysphasia. These people find it hard to use or understand language...
Apraxia of Speech
Apraxia of speech, sometimes also called dyspraxia, leaves individuals unable to consistently and correctly say what they mean. This article...
Articulation Disorders
Articulation disorders are those that are related to an individual’s ability to say particular sounds and/or string particular sounds together. This...
Children's Speech Sound Disorders
Many children suffer from speech sound disorders. This article discusses common types of speech sound disorders, common causes of these disorders...
Cluttering
Cluttering is a speech disorder that affects the fluency of speech. Unlike other disorders those who suffer from cluttering are sometimes not even...
Coping With Tourettes Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder involving motor and vocal tics. Living with Tourette Syndrome presents any number of challenges, and...
Dysarthria
Dysarthria is a technical term that, for the general public, equates to slurred speech. There are multiple causes of dysarthria, and many ways of...
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia is a disorder in which there is an impairment or immaturity in the body’s ability to coordinate movements. This article discusses...
Dysprosody
Dysprosody is a rare and relatively unknown speech disorder among the general population. Individuals suffering from dysprosody can speak fairly...
Expressive Language Disorder
Expressive language disorder makes spoken language a trial. This article discusses expressive language disorder, the two main types of the disorder,...
Language Based Learning Disabilities
Language based learning disabilities are not necessarily those that involve impairments with speech, but rather with the use of language whether it...
Lisps
Lisps are speech disorders in which individuals are unable to produce a specific speech sound (or sounds). This article discusses types of lisps,...
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, most commonly the "tongue thrust" affect dental, skeletal and muscular structures. Individuals with OMDs often...
Phonemic Disorders & Speech Impediments
Phonemic disorders are speech disorders in which an individual has trouble physically producing certain sounds. This article offers basic...
Questionnaire: Does My Child Have a Speech Disorder?
Many parents worry about their children's development, and speech development can be hard to track. This questionnaire helps parents focus on their...
Receptive Language Disorders
Receptive Language Disorders are a type of language disorder in which an individual has difficulty understanding spoken, and sometimes also written,...
Selective Mutism
Selective mutism is often mistaken for simple shyness and it very often occurs in young children. Very often little is known about selective mutism...
Specific Difficulties in Producing Sounds
Articulation disorders are those that are related to an individual’s ability to produce particular sounds and/or string particular sounds together....
Speech Delay
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...
Stammering
Stammering is a very common speech disorder, with about one in every 100 individuals in the United Kingdom living with a stammer. This article...
Voice Disorders
Voice disorders, often called vocal disorders, are those that impede an individual’s voice from sounding as it would normally. This article...
What is Rett Syndrome?
Rett Syndrome is developmental disorder characterised by a loss of purposeful skills including the loss of speech. Girls with Rett Syndrome will...
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