Understanding Etiology of Hearing Loss as a Contributor to Language Dysfluency and its Impact on Assessment and Treatment of People who are Deaf in Mental Health Settings.

This article will discuss how various causes of deafness create the potential for specific language dysfluencies with individuals who are deaf in mental health settings. The article will also discuss the use of communication assessments to examine specific language dysfluency patterns and attempt to offer possible corresponding interventions.
PMID: 28229314 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - February 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Crump CJ, Hamerdinger SH Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research