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Nervous System and Brain

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Signs and Symptoms: Neurologic Manifestations | Pain | Information Processing Disorders | Language Disorders | Learning Disorders | Perceptual Disorders

Central Nervous System: Brain Diseases | Brain Injury | Infections | Malformations | Spinal Cord Diseases | Spinal Cord Injury

Other Diseases and Disorders: Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases | Cranial Nerve Disorders | Degenerative Nervous System Diseases | Dementias | Headache and Migraine | Motor Neuron Diseases | Movement Disorders | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Sleep Disorders

Other Topics: General Nervous System and Brain | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Neural Transplantation | Surgery

Language Disorders

(Jump to: Find a Speech-Language-Hearig Specialist | General Information | Organizations

Specific Disorders: Aphasia | Apraxia | Dysarthria | Echolalia | Hypernasality | Language Developmental Disorders | Mutism | Speech Sound | Stuttering | Tongue Thrust )

Organizations
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

General Information
What Is Voice? What Is Speech? What Is Language? NIDCD
Typical Speech and Language Development Topics :ASHA
Adult Speech and Language Topics:ASHA
Child Speech and Language Topics:ASHA
Language-Based Learning Disabilities:ASHA
eBooks About Language Disorders:netLibrary [Login to netLibrary required]
Speech and Communication Disorders:MedlinePlus

Find a Speech-Language-Hearing Specialist
Find a Professional: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs:ASHA

Aphasia
General Information
Aphasia:NINDS
Aphasia:NIDCD
Aphasia:ASHA
Aphasia Facts:National Aphasia Association
Communicating With People Who Have Aphasia:National Aphasia Association
Adult Aphasia: Recent Research:NIDCD
Stroke Camp (for Families Living with Aphasia):Portland State University
Aphasia:MedlinePlus
Specific Types of Aphasis
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome:NIDCD
Progressive Aphasia:Association for Frontotemporal Dementias
Primary Progressive Aphasia:National Aphasia Association

Apraxia of Speech
Apraxia of Speech in Adults:ASHA
Aphasia vs. Apraxia:American Stroke Association
Childhood Apraxia of Speech:ASHA
Family Start Guide:Apraxia-Kids

Dysarthria
Dysarthria:ASHA
Steps to Improve Communication for Survivors with Dysarthria:American Stroke Association

Echolalia
Echolalia (definition)
Echolalia - Repetitive Speech:Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Hypernasality
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Language Developmental Disorders
Speech and Language Developmental Milestones:NIDCD
Late Blooming or Language Problem?:ASHA
Speech and Language Delay: What Does This Mean for My Child?:American Academy of Family Physicians
Evaluation and Management of the Child With Speech Delay:American Academy of Family Physicians

Mutism
Selective Mutism:ASHA
Understanding Selective Mutism:Selective Mutism Foundation

Speech Sound Disorders
Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes:ASHA

Stuttering
Stuttering:NIDCD
Stuttering:ASHA
Information About Stuttering:National Stuttering Association
Brochures:Stuttering Foundation of America
eBooks About Stuttering:netLibrary [Login to netLibrary required]
Stuttering:MedlinePlus

Tongue Thrust
Tongue Thrust:Children's Hospital San Diego
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders:ASHA

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