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	eMedicine - Communication Disorders : Article by Renee S Melfi, MD
		Organic disorders cause an interruption in the smooth approximation of the vocal folds.
		Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a disorder of articulation that encompasses the intonation, rhythm, and stress of speech (prosody).
		Aphasia is a language disorder that results from damage to the areas of the brain responsible for language comprehension and expression.
	www.emedicine.com /pmr/topic153.htm (3768 words)

	COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: Sevier County Special Education
		Three elements are needed to qualify as communication: (a) a message, (b) a sender who expresses the message, and (c) a receiver who responds to the message.
		Communication disorders can have physical or organic causes (e.g., cleft palate, absence of teeth, craniofacial abnormalities, etc.); however, most communication disorders are organic but are classified as functional disorders.
		Both these impairments result in communication disorders such as difficulty in fluency, stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a student's performance.
	www.slc.sevier.org /comdis.htm (1471 words)

	Disability Info: Speech and Language Disorders Fact Sheet (FS11)
		A child's communication is considered delayed when the child is noticeably behind his or her peers in the acquisition of speech and/or language skills.
		Speech disorders may be problems with the way sounds are formed, called articulation or phonological disorders, or they may be difficulties with the pitch, volume or quality of the voice.
		Because all communication disorders carry the potential to isolate individuals from their social and educational surroundings, it is essential to find appropriate timely intervention.
	www.nichcy.org /pubs/factshe/fs11txt.htm (967 words)

	Children with Communication Disorders
		Articulation disorders are characterized by the substitution of one sound for another or the omission or distortion of certain sounds.
		Stuttering or dysfluency is a disorder of speech flow that most often appears between the ages of 3 and 4 years and may progress from a sporadic to a chronic problem.
		In the past, children with communication disorders were routinely removed from the regular class for individual speech and language therapy.
	www.comeunity.com /disability/speech/communication.html (922 words)

	Psychology Today's Diagnosis Dictionary: Communication Disorders
		Communication disorders may range from simple sound repetitions, such as stuttering, to occasional misarticulation of words and complete inability to use speech and language for communications (aphasia).
		Some causes of communication disorders include hearing loss, neurological disorders, brain injury, mental retardation, drug abuse, physical impairments such as cleft lip or palate, vocal abuse or misuse, emotional or psychiatric disorders, and developmental disorders.
		Language disorders are also found in adults who have failed to develop normal language because of childhood autism, hearing impairment or other congenital or acquired disorders of brain development.
	www.psychologytoday.com /conditions/commdisorder.html (1828 words)

	Communication Disorders - Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Health Library - Children's Hospital of The King's ...
		Young children with communication disorders may not speak at all, or may have a limited vocabulary for their age.
		Most children with communication disorders are able to speak by the time they enter school, however, they continue to have problems with communication.
		Most children with communication disorders are first referred for speech and language evaluations when their delays in communicating are noted.
	www.chkd.com /mental_health/commdis.asp (539 words)

	Department of Communication Disorders
		The disorders may occur as a result of developmental delays, hearing disorders, mental retardation, anatomical and/or physiological limitations, brain injury, emotional disturbance or a variety of other causes.
		Communication disorders and hearing impairments occur at all ages, from early infancy to advanced adulthood.
		The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is a part of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences which may be reached at 713-743-3000.
	www.class.uh.edu /comd (497 words)

	Hearing and Communication Disorders
		Augmentative or alternative communication may be as straightforward as helping people to use gestures, sign language, pictures, drawings or special symbols to communicate.
		Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to language centers of the brain and is characterized by difficulty understanding what people say, having trouble using words to express meaning and/or the inability to produce organized language.
		Communication Training: instruction provided to individuals with hearing loss to maximize his or her communication potential (with or without hearing devices).
	www.oregonspeechandhearing.org /Articles/disorders.asp (2358 words)

	Department of Communication Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The mission of the Department of Communication Disorders is to prepare undergraduate and graduate students to demonstrate broad-based knowledge in communication processes and disorders and to integrate theoretical knowledge and research findings with clinical practicum experiences.
		Requirements for an undergraduate minor in communication disorders are twelve (12) semester hours in departmental courses, with a grade of C (2.0) or better in each course.
		Course is available to seniors who are majoring in communication disorders and who are interested in undertaking independent and original research under the direction of a faculty member whose area of expertise matches the students interest.
	registrar.fsu.edu /9899general/comdis.html (1300 words)

	Department of Communication Disorders
		Communication Science Disorders students study the very essence of the human condition—communication.
		Communication disorders stem from an array of impairments in the speech, voice, resonance, fluency, swallowing, and language processes.
		Disorders of human communication affect millions of Americans and cut across the entire life span.
	comm.fsu.edu /CommDisDept (180 words)

	JMU - Communication Sciences & Disorders
		The department is also committed to advancing the state of knowledge in both basic and applied aspects of communication sciences and disorders through faculty and student activities, and to providing service to professional and client communities at the local, state, national and international levels.
		A comprehensive study of the etiology and remediation of language disorders in communicatively impaired children.
		Comprehensive examination of the neuroanatomic and neurophysiologic substrate for cognition and communication.
	www.jmu.edu /cgop/gradcatalog04/CSD.shtml (3433 words)

	Strategies for Teaching Students with Communication Disorders
		Individuals with communication disorders have considerable difficulty making themselves clearly understood and may also have difficulty composing their thoughts and ideas or in understanding what is said by others.
		Please note that those communication disabilities due to hearing or vision impairments are covered in the hearing or vision impairment sections of this document.
		Students with communication disorders should be encouraged to discuss their functional difficulties and needs in private during the first week of classes and to talk about ways to compensate.
	www.as.wvu.edu /~acad/text/comm.html (640 words)

	Graduate Communication Disorders Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A focus of the course will be the impact of Language disorders in school-age children and adolescents on their acquisition of academic skills required for the development of literacy skills, written language, cognitive, and social aspects of communication.
		A study of various approaches to counseling the communicatively disordered and their families with emphasis on a client-centered approach will be presented.
		The impact of the communication disorder on the educational achievement of the child in the classroom will be stressed.
	www.mercy.edu /faculty/dielsi/commdisorders/curriculum_Grad.htm (1883 words)

	Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of SouthFlorida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Founded in 1967, the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Florida is the largest in the State of Florida.
		The Communication Disorders Center provides an in-house laboratory for students to observe and apply therapeutic strategies to the spectrum of communication disorders presented by clients from the community.
		Communication Sciences and Disorders is an interdisciplinary discipline and, as such, draws from many related areas.
	www.cas.usf.edu /csd/index.htm (361 words)

	Communication Disorders
		Communication disorders - This article about communication disorders is made available on the Web by eMedicine, "the largest and most current clinical knowledge base available to physicians and health professionals."
		Phonological Disorder - Developmental Phonological Disorders, also known as phonological disability or phonological disorders, are a group of language disorders that affect children’s ability to develop easily understood speech by the time they are four years old, and, in some cases, their ability to learn to read and spell.
		Stuttering - Stuttering is a disorder of fluency characterized by various behaviors that interfere with the flow of normal speech.
	www.nurses.info /mental_health_child_adolescent_communication.htm (278 words)

	Communication Science & Disorders
		The undergraduate program in Communication Science and Disorders leads to a Bachelor of Health Science (BHS), which fully prepares each student for graduate study in speech-language pathology or audiology (a master's degree is required for professional practice in speech-language pathology and a doctoral degree is required for professional practice in audiology).
		Students in the MHS program receive a strong academic background in current theory and application in the field of communication disorders from faculty members who are involved in clinical and basic research and committed to excellence in teaching.
		Doctoral students' programs in Communication Science and Disorders include advanced graduate coursework in communication disorders and additional studies in areas complementary to the students' professional interests from among over 95 PhD-granting departments on the comprehensive Columbia campus of the University of Missouri.
	www.umshp.org /csd/academic.htm (1238 words)

	Speech and Language Disorders
		Apraxia (also referred to as apraxia of speech, verbal apraxia, or dyspraxia) is a motor speech disorder caused by damage to the parts of the nervous system related to speaking.
		Communication, swallowing and cognitive problems; the SLP; improving communication, listening suggestions, warning signs, and planning ahead.
		The symptoms and causes of stroke, its effects related to and not related to communication, and the speech-language assessment and treatment of stroke.
	www.asha.org /public/speech/disorders (551 words)

	Open Directory - Health: Conditions and Diseases: Communication Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Communication Disorders and Sciences - A metaguide to internet resources about communication disorders, designed for professionals and students in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, speech science, persons with communication disabilities (or differences), and their support persons.
		Communication Disorders and Sciences at the University of Oregon - Coursework in the CDS program includes classes in speech, language, hearing sciences and disorders, as well as classes in counseling, cognitive rehabilitation, research methods, and service delivery.
		Communicative Disorders Assistants Association of Canada - A resource for CDAAC members, persons interested in information about communication disorders, and for those wanting career and membership information.
	dmoz.org /Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Communication_Disorders (442 words)

	MedlinePlus: Speech and Communication Disorders
		The primary NIH organization for research on Speech and Communication Disorders is the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
		Speech-Language Disorders and the Speech-Language Pathologist(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
		Incidence and Prevalence of Speech, Voice, and Language Disorders in Adults in the United States: 2007 Edition(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/speechandcommunicationdisorders.html (340 words)

	UNK \| Communication Disorders Courses
		This course is designed to help students of communicative disorders become critical readers of research in the field and to demonstrate the relevance of basic and applied research for evaluation and therapy in speech-language pathology and audiology.
		Classification of cleft lip and palate and related anomalies; medical approaches to cleft lip and palate; assessment and intervention of communication disorders related to cleft lip and palate; team approach to management of cleft lip and palate.
		Historical, theoretical and basic neuroscience foundations of the aphasias and related disorders such as the apraxias and the agnosias are studied.
	www.unk.edu /acad/gradstudies/degree/index.php?id=1121 (1065 words)

	Communication Disorders Program Home
		The mission of the Communication Disorders (CD) Program is to offer students pursuing the master’s degree in speech-language pathology an educational opportunity that is unique in the state of Georgia.
		The Communication Disorders Program is accredited in the area of speech-language pathology by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).
		The Communication Disorders Program does not offer the doctoral degree, however several options are available at Georgia State for speech-language pathologists seeking the Ph.D. The doctoral degree in Educational Psychology allows individuals to focus on the psychological principles of development and learning.
	education.gsu.edu /epse/programs/cd.htm (1095 words)

	B-W: Program Description
		The Communication Disorders program is a pre-professional program, which prepares undergraduate students for graduate programs in speech-language pathology and/or audiology.
		Students majoring in Communication Disorders take courses in speech and language development, sign language, language disorders, phonetics and phonology, speech disorders, audiology and research methods among others.
		Students also are required to participate and gain practical experience in the field of communication disorders by being involved in the Baldwin-Wallace Speech Clinic.
	www.bw.edu /academics/comdis (110 words)

	GSU Communication Disorders Course Descriptions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders/ Speech-Language Pathology or its equivalent.
		Prerequisites: An undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders or its equivalent and CDIS330, CDIS410, CDIS511, and CDIS520 or equivalents.
		Provides the communication disorders student the opportunity to synthesize graduate work by developing and completing a thesis or project specific to the student’s interests in communication disorders.
	www.govst.edu /chp/cdis/cdis_crs.html (1588 words)

	Masters Program - Communication Disorders - UConn
		The mission of the master's degree curricula is to provide an understanding of human communication disorders and their clinical management by emphasizing a scientific approach.
		Students who already have a background in communication disorders may be required to complete only a portion of the courses, or none at all, depending on the extent and nature of their background.
		The goal is to educate the student in the normal processes of speech and language development, assessment and management of speech and language disorders, and the scientific approach to clinical processes.
	speechlab.coms.uconn.edu /masters.html (1440 words)

	Communication Sciences & Disorders
		Communication disorders are caused by differences in biologic structure and function, as well as make whatever changes you want social and psychological factors.
		For this reason, the Communication Sciences and Disorders curriculum emphasizes the scientific bases of speech, language, cognitive and swallowing disorders, as well as the medical, social and psychological context of these disorders and their treatment.
		They also remediate cognitive disorders that affect the ability to communicate, and select and develop augmentative and alternative communication systems for persons who cannot communicate orally.
	www.musc.edu /chp/csd (485 words)

	Children with Communication Disorders
		The overall estimate for speech and language disorders is widely agreed to be 5% of school-aged children.
		Stuttering or dysfluency is a disorder of speech flow that most often appears between the ages of 3 and 4 years and may progress from a sporadic to a chronic problem.
		In the past, children with communication disorders were routinely removed from the regular class for individual speech and language therapy.
	www.kidsource.com /kidsource/content2/language_disorders.html (1165 words)

	Communication Disorders / The Family Village
		The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
		Our group is for teachers of language- delayed children; the hearing impaired; those with other communication disabilities; parents; preschool teachers; speech-language pathologists and assistants; audiologists; students studying communication disorders or deaf education; interpretors for the deaf; and those who want to learn more about communication disorders.
		The Cherab Foundation is a world-wide nonprofit organization working to improve the communication skills and education of all children with speech and language delays and disorders.
	www.familyvillage.wisc.edu /lib_comd.htm (296 words)

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