
PediatricsPediatric Healthcare
Language disorder
Language disorder
Disease overview
A language disorder is an impairment in the comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/or other symbol systems. It may involve the form of language (grammar, syntax, and morphology), content (vo...
Detailed description
A language disorder is an impairment in the comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/or other symbol systems. It may involve the form of language (grammar, syntax, and morphology), content (vocabulary), and/or function (pragmatics).
It mainly includes the following difficulties:
Expressive language: Difficulty sharing one's own views and ideas.
Receptive language: Difficulty understanding what others say.
Pragmatic language: Difficulties in the social use of language, such as eye contact, decoding non-verbal information, making polite requests, and maintaining topics.
Disease information
Disease name
Language disorder
English name
Language disorder
Category
Pediatrics
Subcategory
Pediatric Healthcare
Related departments
Pediatric Healthcare
Pediatric Rehabilitation
21
Related hospitals
20
Related doctors
