Speech Disorders?

Question by Victoria: Speech disorders?
Can anyone give me some info.. :]

Questions…

Are they genetic?
What different types are there?

My friend has a problem understanding what he hears from communicating from the mouth.

I have a problem understand what I read and saying words in the right context and pronuncing them correctly.

Best answer:

Answer by sctag1015
Speech disorders can result from a wide variety of things, including hearing loss, neurological disorders, brain injury, mental retardation, drug abuse, physical impairments such as cleft lip and palate, and vocal abuse or misuse.

Similarly, a variety of different disorders exist. They are typically understood as being either “speech” disorders or “language” disorders. “Speech” disorders occur when a person is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with his or her voice. “Language” disorders occur when a person has trouble understanding others (receptive language), or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings completely (expressive language).

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