Receptive Expressive Language Disorder
Speech Language Pathologists, Speech Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapist & Pediatric Speech Pathologists located in Kew Gardens, NY
Speech and language are two different skill sets, which means you can speak brilliantly but still struggle to communicate with others, a problem called receptive expressive language disorder. Nathalia Fonseca, SLPD, CCC-SLP, TSSLD-BE, and the team at Bilingual Speech-Language & Swallowing Therapy in the Forest Hills neighborhood of New York City, New York, have helped many children and adults gain the skills they need to communicate effectively. Call the office or book an appointment online today.
Children and adults may speak clearly and fluently and still have a hard time communicating if they have a language disorder. There are three language disorders:
People with a receptive language disorder can’t understand communication coming from other people.
If you or your child have an expressive language disorder, you can’t communicate your thoughts and feelings in a way that other people can understand.
Children and adults with this disorder have both expressive and receptive problems.
Children develop receptive expressive language disorder in early childhood during language development. The condition may appear without a cause, or it may occur due to an underlying condition, such as:
No matter the cause, children don’t grow out of receptive expressive language disorder. Though it continues through their adult life, speech therapy can help them significantly improve their language skills.
Adults may not have any language problems in childhood or most of their adult life. Then they can develop receptive expressive language disorder due to neurological impairments, such as:
As these conditions damage the brain areas that control speech and language, adults develop receptive expressive language disorder.
Bilingual Speech-Language & Swallowing Therapy provides therapy that improves your literacy skills, which includes the ability to speak, listen, read, and write in a way that allows you to communicate with others.
When treating receptive expressive language disorder, your therapist focuses on the individual skills you need, and then puts those skills together so you can communicate.
For example, your therapist uses different techniques to improve:
Though it’s important to seek speech therapy as early as possible, the team at Bilingual Speech-Language & Swallowing Therapy can help you improve at any age.
If you need an evaluation or treatment for language problems, call Bilingual Speech-Language & Swallowing Therapy or book an appointment online today.