title: Disorders of communication: why do they talk like that?
abstract: People with communication disorders are seen frequently by electroneurodiagnostic technologists. Etiology of the disorders ranges from neurogenic, to anatomic and structural abnormality, to psychogenic, to developmental, to cryptogenic. After a short description of normal speech and language, this overview summarizes the disorders of speech and language providing a brief description of possible etiologies and symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Woodford A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Beach
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans