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Phonological Disorder and Types of Phonological Processes

Phonological Disorder and Types of Phonological Processes

Phonological Disorder and Types of Phonological Processes: When learning to speak, typically developing children use phonological processes, or patterns of sound errors, to simplify their speech. A phonological disorder develops when phonological processes continue...

Approaches to Management of Fluency Disorders

Approaches to Management of Fluency Disorders

Approaches to Management of Fluency Disorders: The management of fluency disorders involves three stages. Establishment of Fluency Generalization of Fluency Maintenance of Fluency Establishment of Fluency Establishment of fluency is easy and can be achieved using a...

Assessment and Diagnosis of Fluency Disorder

Assessment and Diagnosis of Fluency Disorder

Assessment and Diagnosis of Fluency Disorder: Individuals are referred to a speech-language pathologist (SLP) for a comprehensive assessment when disfluencies are noted and when one or more of the factors listed below are observed along with the disfluencies. A...

Nervous Systems of the Human Body

Nervous Systems of the Human Body

Nervous System of the Human Body: It is the Master Controlling and Communicating System of the Body. The Nervous System Controls and Coordinates all Essential Functions of the Human Body. Function of the Nervous System: Sensory Function Integrative Function Motor...

Issues related to Bilingualism and Multilingualism

Issues related to Bilingualism and Multilingualism

Issues related to Bilingualism and Multilingualism: When we consider Bilingualism or Multilingualism in language development or the probable condition that bi/multilingualism may confuse the child leading to delay in language learning. One of the biggest concerns that...

Causes of Speech and Language disorders

Causes of Speech and Language disorders

Causes of Speech and Language Disorders: Speech and language disorders stem from a wide array of factors, ranging from genetic predispositions to environmental influences. Some individuals may face challenges due to neurological conditions, while others may experience...

Incidence and Prevalence of Speech and Language disorders

Incidence and Prevalence of Speech and Language disorders

Incidence and Prevalence of Speech and Language disorders: "Incidence" of spoken language disorders refers to the number of new cases identified in a specified time period. No reliable data on the incidence of spoken language disorders in children were located....

Definition and descriptions of Delay, Deviancy and Disorders

Definition and descriptions of Delay, Deviancy and Disorders

Definition and descriptions of Delay and Deviancy:  In general, a child who exibit progression of development at a slower rate is referred as Delay. Whereas Deviancy refers to anything that is different from normal or expected. In child language development may...

Introduction to Language Disorder

Introduction to Language Disorder

Introduction to Language Disorder: Language is the words we use to share ideas and get what we want. A person with a language disorder may have problems: understanding talking reading writing Language Disorder: Impaired comprehension and problem in using of spoken,...

Introduction to Speech Disorders

Introduction to Speech Disorders

Introduction to Speech Disorders: Speech is how we say sounds and words. People with speech problems may: not say sounds clearly have a hoarse or raspy voice repeat sounds or pause when speaking, called stuttering Speech Disorder: An Impairment of the speech sounds,...

PIPB Function – Procedure and Application

PIPB Function – Procedure and Application

PIPB Function - Procedure and Application: Patient's speech recognition performance depends on the intensity of the test materials. It is called the PIPB ( Performance Intensity Phonetically Balanced) Function Test when phonemically balanced PB words are used....

Tinnitus and Medical line of Treatment

Tinnitus and Medical line of Treatment

Tinnitus and Medical line of Treatment: Tinnitus is the abnormal perception of sounds for which there is no external stimulus (see, e.g., Tyler, 2000 2006; Snow 2004; Henry, Dennis, & Schechter 2005). Tinnitus is typically associated with a wide variety of...

What is Hearing Loss and its type?

What is Hearing Loss and its type?

What is Hearing Loss and its type?: Hearing, or auditory perception, is the ability to perceive sounds through an organ, such as an ear, by detecting vibrations as periodic changes in the pressure of a surrounding medium. Hearing Loss A person who is not able to hear...

Disorders of Vestibular System

Disorders of Vestibular System

Disorders of vestibular system cause vertigo and are divided into: Peripheral, which involve vestibular end organs and their 1st order neurons (i.e. the vestibular nerve). The cause lies in the internal ear or the VIIIth nerve. They are responsible for 85% of all...

Different Types of Stimuli used in Speech Audiometry

Different Types of Stimuli used in Speech Audiometry

Different Types of Stimuli used in Speech Audiometry: Speech Audiometry is a auditory assessment using different types of speech stimuli. In Speech Audiometry for measuring threshold two different types of tests speech detection threshold (SDT) and speech recognition...

Concept of Phonetically and Phonemically Balanced

Concept of Phonetically and Phonemically Balanced

Concept of Phonetically and Phonemically Balanced: Phonetically and Phonemically balanced words are use in specific lists, which are used in measuring the speech detection thresholds and speech reception threshold. Phonetically and Phonemically balanced words both are...

Response Format for Speech Audiometry

Response Format for Speech Audiometry

Response Format for Speech Audiometry: An open-set format means the patient must respond without any prior knowledge of what the possible alternatives might be, whereas a closed-set format means the patient is provided with a choice of several possible response...

Most Comfortable and Uncomfortable Loudness Level Test

Most Comfortable and Uncomfortable Loudness Level Test

Most Comfortable and Uncomfortable Loudness Level Test: The Most Comfortable Loudness Level (MCL) for speech is the volume at which the patient finds listening to speech to be most comfortable, or where she generally chooses to do so. The Uncomfortable Loudness Level...

What is Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Test

What is Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Test

What is Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Test: Pure-tone threshold audiometry is the measurement of an individual's hearing sensitivity for calibrated pure tones. Three general methods are used: Manual audiometry, also referred to as conventional audiometry; Automatic...

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Ear Impression Techniques for Earmolds and Earshells: One such critical process in audiology and hearing aid fabrication is the Ear Impression Technique — a delicate balance of precision and meticulousness. This approach begins by analyzing the ear canal using...

Speech and Language Disability Percentage Calculation 

Speech and Language Disability Percentage Calculation 

Speech and Language Disability Percentage Calculation: Thus, “speech and language disability” shall mean a permanent disability arising from one or more of the components of speech and language due to organic or neurological causes such as primary and secondary...

Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R)

Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R)

The Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R) is a revision of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB; Kertesz, 1982). It is a standardized, individually administered test that is specifically designed to assess language function following stroke, dementia, or other acquired...

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Vocal Hygiene Checklist and Handout Pdf Download

Vocal Hygiene Checklist and Handout Pdf Download: Vocal hygiene is an often-overlooked but critical component for maintaining proper voice health; Seeking professionals such as a speech-language pathologist can explain these types of practices and habits in their...

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About Vikash Kumar

Mr. Vikash Kumar (Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist)

Mr. Vikash Kumar (Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist)

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