Scope of Clinical Practice

Question 1

organic communication disorders

Answer 1

any kind of anomaly in the physical structures responsible for speech production and/or language processing

may arise from problems in:
  respiration
  phonation
  articulation
  hearing
  neurological functioning

Question 2

neurogenic communication disorders

Answer 2

disorders arising from damage to the central or peripheral nervous systems

Question 3

treatment goals

Answer 3

treated as a medical model

approximate normal, or maximize function