Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of speech and language disorders. Family history What is the general health of your family members? Are there any diseases in your family that are common? Are there any hereditary diseases in your family? Social history What is your profession? Is there any … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Medical History
Speech disorders/language disorders Psyche – Nervous System (F00-F99; G00-G99). Speech disorder Speech disorder Circumscribed developmental disorders of school skills such as. Reading-spelling disorder (also called reading-spelling disorder, reading-spelling weakness, reading-spelling difficulty, and LRS; dyslexia, Latin legere “to read” and ancient Greek ἀσθένεια asthéneia “weakness” i.e. reading weakness). Arithmetic disorder (dyscalculia) Etc. Circumscribed developmental disorders of … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis
Aphasia Aphasia can be classified as follows: Standard Syndromes Amnestic aphasia – word-finding disorders, sentence breaks. Broca’s aphasia – agrammatism, often speech apraxia. Global aphasia – severe disorders in all modalities. Wernicke’s aphasia – severe speech comprehension disorder. Non-standard syndromes Conductance aphasia – moderately impaired communication with impaired mimicry, paraphrasias, reduced verbal memory span. Transcortical … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Classification
A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps: General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; furthermore: Inspection (viewing). Skin, mucous membranes and sclerae (white part of the eye). Neurological examination – including testing of reflexes, motor skills, sensitivity, orientation. Aphasia testing: Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT; method for … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Examination
2nd order laboratory parameters – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and obligatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification. Small blood count Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein). Fasting glucose (fasting blood sugar)
Mandatory medical device diagnostics. Computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial CT or.cCT/cranial MRI or cMRI). Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics and mandatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnostic clarification. Encephalogram (EEG; recording of the electrical activity of the brain). Doppler sonography … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Diagnostic Tests
Speech disorders Pathogenesis (disease development) of speech disorders. Speech disorders refer to impaired articulation of speech. Speech fluency disorders can be distinguished from speech motor disorders. Speech fluency disorders include: Logophobia – refers to the speech anxiety of the speech impaired. Mutism (F94.0) – muteness with the speech organ intact; especially in depression, dementia, stupor … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Causes
The exact therapy for speech and language disorders depends on the underlying condition. General measures Speech therapy (speech and language therapy). Complementary treatment methods Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), i.e. non-invasive brain stimulation using a weak electrical current through the cranial dome – tDCS combined with speech training improved speech function in apoplexy patients with … Speech Disorders and Language Disorders: Therapy
