Logopedic Diagnosing Children with Cortical Based Speech and Language Development Disorders

Abstract

Formulation of a logopedic diagnosis with regard to children with developmental disorders of speech and language caused by trauma and/or malfunction of CNS requires thorough and long-term study. The diagnostic process involves performance of tests that check the level of comprehension, ability to formulate utterances and the functioning of processes enabling language acquisition, i.e. phonematic hearing, articulatory kinesthetics, auditory memory. In order to make diagnostic decisions it is often important to consider the dynamics of changes in the level of speech development of a child which is observed along the process of improvement.