The major types & causes of speech & language disorders in children are reviewed. It is emphasized that severe disorders & delays in sound production (phonology) are usually an aspect of a more ...general language improficiency that begins with significant delay in spoken language comprehension. There is less latitude in what may be considered within normal range for spoken language comprehension than there is for first productive words & acceptable articulation. Dyslexia is considered a genetic, mostly male, learning problem for reading & writing (syntax & spelling). Dyslexic children are viewed as brain-different who require individualized instruction to learn to decode & encode visual-symbolic representations. 1 Figure, 9 References. HA
A probe technique requiring convergent and divergent semantic behavior and representing five levels of communicative responsibility served as the research tool. Stimuli were presented to 29 asphasic ...adults (13 Broca's, 7 Wernicke's, and 9 anomic), 26 adults with chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia, and 32 normal elderly control subjects. Within each group significant differences were observed on the semantic task (convergent and divergent) and on level of communicative responsibility. Among subjects with aphasia, differences appeared to relate more to severity than type. Differences between unclassified aphasic and "schizophasic" groups occurred only when multiword responses were required. We conclude that continued use of the term "schizophasia" may be unwarranted and that the linguistic behaviors we observed in aphasia and the language of schizophrenia may contribute to differential diagnosis.
Review of THE SYNDROME OF STUTTERING Eisenson, Jon
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,
10/1966, Letnik:
36, Številka:
5
Book Review, Journal Article
Recenzirano
Reviews the book, The Syndrome of Stuttering by Gavin Andrews and Mary Harris (see record 1966-00694-000). The book by Gavin is an example of concise and authoritative exposition that professional ...workers in the field of communicative disorders have come to respect. This monograph invites comparison with the Wendell Johnson edited research volume on Stuttering in Children and Adults published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1955. The major portion of the monograph is devoted to a description of the findings, and the implications of a survey-investigation of identified stutterers in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, during the years 1962 to 1964. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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