Speech Disorders Research Paper
speech disorders
Communication
Research Paper
There are many times in everyday life that there is miscommunication in delivering a message to others; at one point or another, miscommunication will happen to everyone. Often the miscommunication is out of one’s control there is simply a misunderstanding of the intended message. Speech disorders are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' speech is disrupted. A problem within society is the belief that speech disorders have a simple explanation as to why it exists. While it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the explanation of why speech disorders exists, this paper will shed some light onto what is considered to be a speech disorders, how they are developed, and some of the symptoms associated. Because there is a certain level of complexity in the development, it is impossible to attribute any particular characteristics to speech disorders. However, I will be using two communication theories as possible tools for grasping the social dimensions associated with speech disorders.
What is considered to be a speech disorder is somewhat hard to define. Speech disorder is an umbrella term for any one of the following: articulation disorder, phonological disorder, apraxia of speech, fluency disorder, or voice disorder (Bleile, 2004). Persons who have articulation disorder can be known to do one or more of the following: delete sounds (bu/ instead of /bus/), substitute sounds (sree/ instead of /three/), add sounds (spagbetti/ instead of /spaghetti) or distort sounds (thpoon/ instead of /spoon). Phonological disorder occurs when a child does not develop the ability to produce some or all sounds necessary for speech that are normally used at his or her age. The difference between the two: Articulation is the correct movement of the speech producers to make intelligible speech. Phonology deals with the rules (patterns) of the sound system of language. These disorders can be caused/characterized by a multitude of
Communication
Research Paper
There are many times in everyday life that there is miscommunication in delivering a message to others; at one point or another, miscommunication will happen to everyone. Often the miscommunication is out of one’s control there is simply a misunderstanding of the intended message. Speech disorders are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' speech is disrupted. A problem within society is the belief that speech disorders have a simple explanation as to why it exists. While it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the explanation of why speech disorders exists, this paper will shed some light onto what is considered to be a speech disorders, how they are developed, and some of the symptoms associated. Because there is a certain level of complexity in the development, it is impossible to attribute any particular characteristics to speech disorders. However, I will be using two communication theories as possible tools for grasping the social dimensions associated with speech disorders.
What is considered to be a speech disorder is somewhat hard to define. Speech disorder is an umbrella term for any one of the following: articulation disorder, phonological disorder, apraxia of speech, fluency disorder, or voice disorder (Bleile, 2004). Persons who have articulation disorder can be known to do one or more of the following: delete sounds (bu/ instead of /bus/), substitute sounds (sree/ instead of /three/), add sounds (spagbetti/ instead of /spaghetti) or distort sounds (thpoon/ instead of /spoon). Phonological disorder occurs when a child does not develop the ability to produce some or all sounds necessary for speech that are normally used at his or her age. The difference between the two: Articulation is the correct movement of the speech producers to make intelligible speech. Phonology deals with the rules (patterns) of the sound system of language. These disorders can be caused/characterized by a multitude of
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