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Communication disorder

Communication disorder
Classification and external resources
ICD-9	315.3
MeSH	D003147

A communication disorder is a speech and language disorder which refers to problems in communication and in related areas such as oral motor function. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use language. ^[1]

Examples

Examples of communication disorders:

autism -- a developmental defect that affects understanding of emotional communication. ***Not classified as a Communication Disorder, but is classified by the DSM-IV-R as a Pervasive Development Disorder. Other communication disorders include Expressive Language Disorder, Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder, Phonological Disorder, Stuttering, and Communication Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
aphasia -- loss of the ability to produce or comprehend language
learning disability - Both speaking and listening components of the definition
dysnomia - Deficit involving word retrieval
Asperger syndrome - Areas of social and pragmatic language
semantic pragmatic disorder - Challenges with the semantic and pragmatic aspects of language
blindness -- a defect of the eye or visual system
deafness -- a defect of the ear or auditory system
dyslexia -- a defect of the systems used in reading
dyscalculia -- a defect of the systems used in communicating numbers
expressive language disorder -- affects speaking and understanding where there is no delay in non-verbal intelligence.
mixed receptive-expressive language disorder -- affects speaking, understanding, reading and writing where there is no delay in non-verbal intelligence.
speech disorders such as
- cluttering, a speech organization disorder
- stuttering
- lisp
- oesophageal voice
- speech sound disorder
- specific language impairment
- dysarthria

External links

References

^ The Development of Language;Jean Berko Gleason:2001,Allyn&Bacon

v · d · eDevelopmental disorders: Dyslexia and related specific developmental disorders (F80–F83, 315)

General conditions

Speech and language/ communication disorders	Expressive language disorder · Aphasia/Dysphasia (Expressive aphasia, Receptive aphasia) · Landau–Kleffner syndrome · Lisp · Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder

Scholastic skills/ learning disorder	Dyslexia (Alexia (acquired dyslexia), Developmental dyslexia) · Dysgraphia (Disorder of written expression) · Dyscalculia (Gerstmann syndrome)

Motor function	Developmental dyspraxia

Other	Auditory processing disorder · Scotopic sensitivity syndrome

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