PART II: ACQUIRED BRAIN-BASED COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: WHAT DO THESE DISORDERS LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE? 4 Aphasia 81 5 Nonfocal Brain Damage: Communication Disorders and a World 101 of Other Problems 6 Right Hemisphere Syndrome 125 7 Acquired Aphasia in Childhood 151 8 Motor Speech Disorders in Adults: Dysarthrias and Apraxia of Speech 165 9 Motor Speech Disorders in Childhood 187 10 Acquired ...

1Physical therapist, Msc in Human Communication Disorders, Federal University of Santa Maria, UFSM, Brazil 2Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Santa Maria, UFSM, Brazil 3Speech-language pathologist, Msc in Human Communication Disorders, Federal University of Santa Maria, UFSM, Brazil 4Physical Therapist, Graduate student at Program of Human Communication Disorders,...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is an expressive receptive method of communication that helps in developing language skills for people with speech and/or impairment. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) children who lack can improve functional by personalizing AAC intervention. This paper based on literature to promote interventions enhance English acquisition autism disorder childr...

The ability to communicate using speech is a distinctly human characteristic. It is, in fact, what makes us “human” and differentiates us from other species. Communication is a basic human right. It is well known that the presence of a cleft lip and palate or isolated cleft palate may negatively impact a child’s ability to communicate effectively and therefore cause significant social, emotiona...