4. Speech Disorders
Adisorder affecting the
ability to
produce normal speech.
Speech disordersmay affect
articulation (phoneticor
phonological disorders);
fluency(stuttering or
cluttering);and/ orvoice
(tone, pitch, volume, or
rate). William C. Shiel Jr.,
MD,
FACP, FACR from
(America)
6. Stuttering describe as any behavior that
interrupts the forward flow of speech.
CAUSES:
1 Stroke
2 Emotional Trauma
3 Inherited abnormalities
4 Epilepsy
STUTTERING
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Symptoms
• Anxiety about talking
• Excess tension
• Repetition of a sound,
syllable or word
• Difficulty starting a word
• Prolonging a word or
sounds within a word
8. DYSATHRIA: A motor speech
disorder resulting
from neurological injury of
the motor component of the
motorspeech system and is
characterized by poor
articulation of phonemes.
Causes
1)
2)
3)
5)
7)
Brain Injury.
Brian Tumors.
Cerebral palsy.
Multiple Sclerosis.
Stroke.
9. Symptoms
Dysarthria can make your speech
1
2
3
4
5
6
Slow or fast
Mumbled
Slurred
Flat
Strained
Higher lower pitch than usual
Mu
10. (iran)
Spasmodic Dysphonia
It is a neurological
disorder affecting voice
muscles
voice box
in the larynx, or
Causes
The exact cause is not
known. Researchers think it
may be caused by a problem
in the basal ganglia of the
brain.
11. Symptoms
Symptoms vary
depending on whether
the spasms cause the
vocal cords to close
or to
open. Speech that is
strained or difficult,
weak, quiet, or
whispery, may be due
to it.
12. APRAXIA:
Apraxia is a motor speech
disorder caused by damage to the
parts of the brain related to
speaking.
CAUSES:
• corticobasal ganglionic degeneration.
• head trauma
• dementia
• tumors
• Stroke
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SYMPTOM:
The main symptom of apraxia is an
inability to carry out simple movements
People with apraxia may find it difficult to
control or coordinate movements
voluntarily.
14. MUTENESS: a speech affliction
wherein the patient is unable to have
the normal capacity to speak resulting
in the complete absence or at least a
significant loss of verbal
communication
CAUSES:
Surgery, Dementia, Traumatic
Injury Seizures, Other nervous
diseases Medications etc
Brain
system
16. Lisps
Lisps is a functional speech disorder
that involves the inability to correctly
pronounce one or more sibilant
consonants sounds
CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS
Lisping is also associated with immature development
Some children will adopt a lisps as a mean of gaining
attention
Due to unsual stress or trauma
17. Orofacial myofunctional
disorders:
(OMD) are muscle
lips, or jaw.
disorders of the face, mouth,
Causes
OMD can be caused by:
1.
2.
3.
Upper airway obstruction
Chronic finger or thumb sucking
Extended pacifier or bottle use
18. Sign & symptoms:
1. Speech distortion, particularly
a frontal lisp
2. Chronic open mouth
positioning
3. Dental abnormalities, such as
overjet and open bite
19. SPEECH DELAY
Speech delay refers to a delay in the
development or use of the
mechanisms that produce speech.
Causes:
The most common causes of speech
delay include:
hearing loss
slow development
mental retardation.
20. Common symptoms of a
speech delay include:
1) Not babbling by the age of 15 months.
2) Not talking by the age of 2 years.
3) An inability to speak in short sentences by the
age of 3 years.
4) Difficulty following directions.
5) Poor pronunciation or articulation.
6) Difficulty putting words together in a
sentences