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Apraxia of speech (AOS)—also known as acquired apraxia of speech, verbal apraxia, or childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) when diagnosed in children—is a speech sound disorder. Someone with AOS has trouble saying what he or she wants to say correctly and consistently. AOS is a neurological disorder that affects the brain pathways involved in planning the sequence of movements involved in producing speech. The brain knows what it wants to say, but cannot properly plan and sequence the required speech sound movements.
People with either form of AOS may have a number of different speech characteristics, or symptoms:
National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is a disorder of the auditory (hearing) system that causes a disruption in the way that an individual’s brain understands what they are hearing. It is not a form of hearing loss, despite showing difficulty with hearing-related tasks.
Some of the most frequently reported symptoms of APD include:
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is described as a “developmental disorder” because symptoms generally appear in the first 2 years of life. Children with ASD(Neurodivergent disorder) exhibits symptoms:
Poor social skills: Difficulty with communication and interaction with other people
Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors:
Showing overly focused interests, such as with moving objects or parts of objects
Symptoms that affect their ability to function in school, work, and other areas of life: People with ASD may also experience sleep problems and irritability
National Institue of Mental Health
Spelling impairment and difficulties expressing ideas in written form can affect both reading and writing; difficulty or progress in either spelling or word reading can influence performance in the other area. Children with this type of defiits will struggle with reading and comprehension, word recognition, written language, dysgraphia,spelling.
Represents a significant impairment in the acquisition and use of language across modalities due to deficits in comprehension and production across any of the five language domains (i.e., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics). Language disorders may persist across the lifespan, and symptoms may change over time.
This is a communication disorder that interferes with how a child can understand, learn and use language.