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Language Disorders

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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 :ASHA
	Adult Speech and Language Topics:ASHA
	Child Speech and Language Topics:ASHA
	Language-Based Learning Disabilities:ASHA
	Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems : What Every Parent Should Know:netLibrary
	Assessment of Language Disorders in Children:netLibrary
	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
	Coping With Stuttering:netLibrary [for Teens]
	Stuttering:MedlinePlus

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

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