What is the difference between articulation disorders, dysarthria, and apraxia?
Answer Hi Susan! I am not sure if those terms came from my bio page but if so, I probably should have called them “disorders of Phonology, dysarthria and apraxia” as the term “articulation” refers to the physical movements of speech and not the cause of the problem and so could cover all of them. (the page allows a limited bio). Let me try to clarify better for you. Phonological Disorders refer to a breakdown in the rules for how sounds of language are put together. Usually this term refers to children and their acquisition of speech sounds. For example, a child who is able to produce a “k” sound but says “tiddy tat” for “kitty cat” might have a phological disorder. These errors tend to be predictable and follow some sort of pattern. Dysarthria is a medical term used to describe weakness of the muscles used for speech/swallowing. It can be present on one or both sides of the body. It can occur from birth secondary to something else (i.e., cerebral palsy), or as the result of disease (i
