Speech and language disorders are among the most confusing disorders in society, especially when they are not accompanied by any disability, due to the scarcity of information circulating in society about their causes and methods of treatment. Speech and language disorders fall, in the academic field, under the umbrella of communication disorder.
These are communication disorders in which affected people suffer from difficulty expressing themselves or understanding what others say, in addition to possibly facing difficulty with written language, spoken language, or both.
Language disorders are a kind of impairment that prevents some children from selecting the appropriate words in order to form clear and understandable sentences, and this impairment can affect the child's ability to understand what others say. In advanced cases of these disorders, the child may face difficulty producing and understanding speech. The child is likely to use basic and simple vocabulary to form short, ungrammatical sentences, and while their peers converse and exchange jokes, the child may find it difficult to follow the conversation and understand the point of the joke. The child may also rely on two-word phrases (that is, miniature sentences consisting of only two words) and may have trouble answering even simple questions.
Language Delay:
This is a regular development, but one that progresses at a slower rate than normal development, and is substantially below the level of language performance appropriate to the child's chronological age.
It also refers to the child's inability to follow the natural sequence of stages of language acquisition; if the child's language has not developed as expected according to the natural pattern of language maturation, it can simply be said that this child suffers from a language delay.
Speech and language specialists, kindergarten teachers, and parents.
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