Communication disorder

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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
dyscalculia -- a defect of the systems used in communicating numbers
expressive language disorder -- affects speaking and understanding where there is no delay in non-verbal intelligence.
mixed receptive-expressive language disorder -- affects speaking, understanding, reading and writing where there is no delay in non-verbal intelligence.
speech disorders such as
*stuttering
*oesophageal voice