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Communication disorder
A communication disorder is a disease or condition that partially or totally prevents human communication. The defect can be in producing, receiving or understanding the communication.
Examples of communication disorders:
- autism -- a developmental defect that affects understanding of emotional communication
- aphasia -- loss of the ability to produce or comprehend language
- blindness -- a defect of the eye or visual system
- deafness -- a defect of the ear or auditory system
- dyslexia -- a defect of the systems used in reading
- speech disorders such as
- etc
See also:
External links:
- List of communication disorder related links (http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/welcome)
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