neurolinguistics and language disorder

NEUROLINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE DISORDER

LANGUAGE DISORDER

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Like aphasia (or aphemia), is a loss or impairment of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to brain damage. It is usually a result of damage to the language centres of the brain

SPEECH DISORDER

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Speech disorders, or speech impediments as they are also called, are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, vocal dysphonia etc. Someone who is totally unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute.

DYSLEXIA

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a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.

What is it?

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Aphasia (or aphemia) is a loss or impairment of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to brain damage. It is usually a result of damage to the language centres of the brain

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APHASIA

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Let's quiz

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Text teachers , family, friends: ask them if they've ever experienced or met someone with any of the disorders discussed in this lesson. Ask them what it was like.

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SOURCES

Kahn, A. (September 20, 2019) Speech Disorders. Healthline.com. Retrieved: https://www.healthline.com/health/speech-disorders Sandman-Hurley, K. (Jul 15, 2013) What is dyslexia? TED-Ed. Retrieved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zafiGBrFkRM Understood (Oct 14, 2016) Dyslexia and the Brain [Youtube video] Retrieved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrF6m1mRsCQ Wortman-Jutt, S. (Sep 15, 2016) Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words. TED-Ed. Retrieved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GsVhbmecJA