FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hearing Loss, Speech Disorder, Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2110
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Requires coding and decoding (sender and receiver) An arbitrary system of symbols used according to rules that determine meaning. A child at 2-3 years old has not developed the coordination of making speech. Environment plays a huge role, improves their cognition. Ability to use speech to communicate is a challenge. Pragmatics - study how people use language in social situations. Speech disorder: ages 0-18 years, ~ 5-10% Language disorder: 2-3% of preschooler and 5-10% of children and adolescents. Range of difficulties with linguistic code or with rules for linking symbols. Significant lags in language development (6 months) Impairment or deviant development of comprehension or the use of a spoken, written or symbol system. Morphological/syntactical - use wrong method to make a verb past tense, problem with pronoun (her did it) Semantic - difficulty retelling stories that make sense to listeners. Pragmatic - difficulty using language in specific social situations. Does not include errors common when youngsters are learning to speak.