LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND AUDITORY

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The ability to process language efficiently, in all its forms, is key to effective communication and the successful acquisition of language-based learning skills, e.g., literacy. Language processing difficulties are foundational cracks in an individual’s expressive, receptive, reading, and written development. When such cracks are discovered in expressive, verbal, or expressive/verbal and receptive/auditory systems, professionals use the term language disorder.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association further defines language disorders as impaired comprehension and spoken, written, and/or other symbol systems. These impairments may involve the form of language, the content of language, and/or the function of language in communication in any combination.

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There are two types of language disorders: expressive and expressive/receptive. If an individual’s expressive and receptive language skills are intact, but they have difficulties with reading and written language, the umbrella term informally used by professionals for literacy difficulties is called a language-based learning disability.

Left untreated, these disabilities nearly always have a negative impact on literacy development since language must first be mastered orally/expressively and auditorily.

Language disorders appear to be neurologically, developmentally based impairing the brain’s language processing functions. There’s a strong genetic link to individuals with language disorders.

A key difference in professionals labeling language disorders is the age at which they tend to be recognized. Most learning issues are not recognized until school age or beyond. However, language disorders generally surface earlier in toddlers and preschool children, when great emphasis is placed on learning to speak and process language, e.g., to follow instructions, understand linguistic concepts, and so on. Regardless of whether the disorder is mild or severe, without professional help, it will invariably impair a child’s ability to master literacy at some point during his or her school career.

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When an individual, eight years or older, cannot distinguish sounds or words from background noise, auditory processing disorder is a likely diagnosis. However, an audiologist examination, along with a neuropsychological and speech-language evaluation, must be performed to rule in or out attentional difficulties and/or language disorder (sometimes referred to as language processing disorder ).

Here is an in-depth look at Central Auditory Processing Disorders.

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