What’s the difference between a speech and language impairment?
This can be complicated to explain briefly, because there is overlap between the two. Generally, a speech impairment involves difficulty learning or producing the sounds in words. Family histories, ear infections, and functional muscular issues are a few of the common causes. Language issues are usually more involved. Children can present comprehension difficulties related to vocabulary, sentence structure, or sequenced information. On the other hand, some children exhibit difficulties putting their thoughts into words and well constructed sentences. Many times both areas are affected.
