Articulation – pronouncing sounds to make words
Receptive Language – understanding of spoken and written language
Expressive Language – the ability to communicate wants, thoughts, needs, and ideas
Auditory Processing – how the brain processes information that it hears
Pragmatics – social understanding and appropriate use of language in social situations
Apraxia – disruption in the signal from the brain to the muscles to coordinate movements of the lips, tongue, jaw, and facial muscles
Oral Motor Weakness – weakness of the tongue, jaw, lips, and facial muscles
Fluency Disorders – disruption in fluency of speech (i.e., stuttering)
Cognitive Impairments – disruption in the ability to think, put together ideas, concentrate, reason, and recall information and events