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A 6 page research paper that addresses three questions pertaining to speech pathology. The writer discusses assessing a 4-year-old who is speech delayed; a senior citizen who exhibits the signs of stroke; and the articulation patterns, particularly vowel patterns, of deaf children who receive cochlear implants. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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(Leung and Kao, 1999). In these cases, language delay occurs due to the fact that the central neurological processes required for speech production are slow to mature (Leung and Kao,
1999). Most common in boys, a sign that this may be the cause of the childs delayed speech would be a family history of "late bloomers" (Leung and Kao, 1999).
Most of these children acquire normal speech development by the time they are old enough for school (Leung and Kao, 1999). Whether this diagnosis applies to this child would largely
depend on the degree to which his speech is unintelligible, as well as his overall comprehension of language. On the other hand, his speech problem may be due to
expressive language disorder (development expressive aphasia) (Leung and Kao, 1999). These children have "normal intelligence, normal hearing, good emotional relationships and normal articulation skills" (Leung and Kao, 1999). The primary
speech deficit appears to be due to a brain dysfunction that results in an inability to translate ideas into speech (Leung and Kao, 1999). A "late bloomer" will eventually
develop normal speech, but a child with expressive language disorder requires intervention. However, according to Leung and Kao (1999), it is often difficult, if not impossible, to differentiate a late
bloomer from a child with expressive language disorder at an early age. There are, however, many speech pathology assessment instruments that can aid in making a diagnosis. For example,
the Early Language Milestone Scale focuses on "expressive, receptive, and visual language" relying primarily on parental reports (Leung and Kao, 1999). The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised is another
useful screening instrument for word comprehension (Leung and Kao, 1999). If the child comes from a bilingual home, it is important to compare the childs results against the performance of
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