Sensory Development ✅ Flashcards
What developmental domains can visual impairment have an impact on?
- Fine motor
- Social
What disorder affecting social functioning is more common in children with visual dysfunction?
Autistic spectrum disorder
What developmental domain is hearing impairment linked with?
Development of speech
What should a diagnosis of either hearing impairment or disordered speech development prompt?
Assessment of the other
What is important to ascertain when a child presents with disordered speech development?
Where the difficulty in communication lies
What are the types of communication problems that comes under disordered speech development?
- Expressive dysphasia
- Dysarthria
- Sematic or pragmatic disorder
- Receptive dysphasia
What is expressive dysphasia?
Problem with finding words
What is dysarthria?
Problem producing the sounds, which makes speech unclear
What is semantic disorder?
Unusual use of speech patterns
What is pragmatic disorder?
Unusual use of learned patterns of speech or phrases
What is receptive dysphasia?
A problem in understanding others’ communication or instructions
What kinds of communication difficulties may co-exist with coordination disorders?
Difficulties in producing speech sounds or expressive speech disorders
Why might difficulties in producing speech sounds/expressive speech disorders co-exist with coordination disorders?
When a child has difficulty in coordination of their limbs or other body parts for whatever reason, they may also have difficulties coordinating orofacial muscles leading to unclear or poorly cohesive speech
What should be considered as a potential diagnosis in a child who has unusual speech, even though their speech is well developed for their age?
Austitic spectrum disorder
In what way might the speech of a child with autism be unusual?
May use phrases inappropriately that they have memorised or that are out of context
