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Specialty. Speech–language pathology. A communication disorder is any disorder that affects an individual's ability to comprehend, detect, or apply language and speech to engage in dialogue effectively with others. [ 1] This also encompasses deficiencies in verbal and non-verbal communication styles. [ 2] The delays and disorders can range ...
Alexithymia ( / əˌlɛksɪˈθaɪmiə / ə-LEK-sih-THY-mee-ə ), also called emotional blindness, [ 1] is a neuropsychological phenomenon characterized by significant challenges in recognizing, expressing, sourcing, [ 2] and describing one's emotions. [ 3][ 4][ 5] It is associated with difficulties in attachment and interpersonal relations. [ 6]
In cartoons and comics, profanity is often depicted by substituting symbols for words ("Grawlixes" in the lexicon of cartoonist Mort Walker).. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical ...
Apraxia. Inability to execute a voluntary movement despite being able to demonstrate normal muscle function. Articulation disorder. Inability to correctly produce speech sounds (phonemes) because of imprecise placement, timing, pressure, speed, or flow of movement of the lips, tongue, or throat. Assistive devices.
Logorrhea (psychology) In psychology, logorrhea or logorrhoea (from Ancient Greek λόγος logos "word" and ῥέω rheo "to flow") is a communication disorder that causes excessive wordiness and repetitiveness, which can cause incoherency. Logorrhea is sometimes classified as a mental illness, though it is more commonly classified as a ...
Witzelsucht. Witzelsucht ( German: [ˈvɪtsl̩ˌzʊxt] " joking addiction ") is a set of pure and rare neurological symptoms characterized by a tendency to make puns, or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations. It makes one unable to read sarcasm. A less common symptom is hypersexuality, the tendency ...
Speech-language pathologist. A speech sound disorder ( SSD) is a speech disorder affecting the ability to pronounce speech sounds, which includes speech articulation disorders and phonemic disorders, the latter referring to some sounds ( phonemes) not being produced or used correctly. The term "protracted phonological development" is sometimes ...
Dysarthria is a speech sound disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor–speech system [ 1] and is characterized by poor articulation of phonemes. [ 2] In other words, it is a condition in which problems effectively occur with the muscles that help produce speech, often making it very difficult to pronounce ...