Let’s Talk About Speech Disorders
For many, trying to say words and be understood is difficult and frustrating. In Canada, up to 10% of children and up to 6% of adults have a speech disorder. For more information read the Speech, Language and Hearing Fact Sheet from the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists.
Speech disorders are common to both children and adults and are characterized by an inability to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently. Examples of speech disorders are stuttering and apraxia.
For information about speech disorders in children and teens, go to MedLinePlus or KidsHealth. Find links to specific speech disorders in adults at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association site.
Stuttering is a disfluency disorder where a person repeats words or parts of words or has trouble getting the word out altogether. Famous people who have had problems with stuttering or stammering include King George VI who was depicted in the film, The King's Speech, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Tiger Woods, Marilyn Monroe and Nicole Kidman. For a more complete list, read Famous People Who Stutter from The Stuttering Foundation.
Read a fact sheet about stuttering from the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists or from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Watch Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Paren'ts a streaming video on YouTube from The Stuttering Foundation.
Find a self-help group to join from the Canadian Stuttering Association
Early detection is important for overcoming a speech disorder. To find a professional speech-language pathologist in your area, go to Find a Professional at the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists web site.
Check out the Library's recent books about speech disorders for more information. To see which branch has a copy of the book and to place a hold, click on the cover or title link;
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| The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide |
Yoga for Stuttering |
2 thoughts on “Let’s Talk About Speech Disorders”
I already encountered some persons who have speaking disorder. They find it really hard saying what they want and at the contrary the one who listens is finding it hard to understand. Good thing there are ways to treat and correct this kind of disorder.
Some persons are good at speaking, but has difficulties at writing and spelling words. They need to have more focus at studying the spellings so that this will not be a reason so they will not get employed.