Source: NHS Choices - Caring and Communication Difficulties
After receiving feedback from my final presentation on my feasibility report, I decided to take Dave's advice for the group and look into different markets outside the one I am currently looking at (communication for autism).
There are an array of different medical conditions that impair communication including cleft palates, stammers, selective mutism and the fear of talking, deafblindness, rehabilitation after a stroke and so on.
Many people implement sign language as a visual way of communicating instead of verbal options. Some of these include:
Source: Communication Disorders
'A communication disorder is any disorder that affects somebody's ability to communicate. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use one's native language'
Examples:
Disorders
loss of the ability to produce or comprehend language There are acute aphasias which result from stroke or brain injury, and primary progressive aphasias caused by progressive illnesses such as dementia
Acute Aphasia
Learning Disability
Speech Disorders
Source: Speech and Communication Disorders
Many disorders can affect our ability to speak and communicate. They range from saying sounds incorrectly to being completely unable to speak or understand speech. Causes include
After receiving feedback from my final presentation on my feasibility report, I decided to take Dave's advice for the group and look into different markets outside the one I am currently looking at (communication for autism).
There are an array of different medical conditions that impair communication including cleft palates, stammers, selective mutism and the fear of talking, deafblindness, rehabilitation after a stroke and so on.
Many people implement sign language as a visual way of communicating instead of verbal options. Some of these include:
- British Sign Language
British Sign Language (BSL) is the sign language used by deaf people in the UK. BSL makes use of hand gestures, finger spelling, lip patterns and facial expressions. - Sign Supported English
Sign Supported English (SSE) is a method of communication that uses BSL signs, but the structure and grammar is based on spoken English. This means the signs follow the exact order they would be spoken in. - Tactile Signing
There are an estimated 23,000 people in the UK who are deafblind (both visually and hearing impaired). Depending on the level of their hearing and visual impairment, they may be able to hear speech, lip read, or use BSL or braille. - Makaton
Makaton is a language used by adults and children with learning disabilities and communication problems. It uses a combination of picture symbols and hand gestures that are similar to BSL and speech.
Source: Communication Disorders
'A communication disorder is any disorder that affects somebody's ability to communicate. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use one's native language'
Examples:
Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Expressive Language Disorder
- Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder
- Specific Language Impairment
- Blindness
- Deafness
loss of the ability to produce or comprehend language There are acute aphasias which result from stroke or brain injury, and primary progressive aphasias caused by progressive illnesses such as dementia
Acute Aphasia
- Expressive Aphasia
- Receptive Aphasia
- Conduction Aphasia
- Anomic Aphasia
- Global Aphasia
- Progressive Nonfluent Aphasias
- Semantic Dementia
- Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
Learning Disability
- Dyscalculia (numbers)
- Dyslexia (reading)
- Dysgraphia (writing)
Speech Disorders
- Cluttering (speech abnormally fast/irregular)
- Dysarthria (pronouncing words)
- Esophageal Voice (cannot use larynges to speak)
- Lisp
- Speech Sound Disorder (reduce intelligibility)
- Stuttering
Source: Speech and Communication Disorders
Many disorders can affect our ability to speak and communicate. They range from saying sounds incorrectly to being completely unable to speak or understand speech. Causes include
- Hearing disorders and deafness
- Voice problems, such as dysphonia or those caused by cleft lip or palate
- Speech problems like stuttering
- Developmental disabilities
- Learning disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Brain injury
- Stroke