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Language Impairments
Conditions that impair an individual's ability to comprehend ideas which have been spoken or written (receptive language) or their ability to use spoken or written words to express ideas (expressive language).
Speech Impairments
Any of a number of conditions that interfere with the individual's ability to produce audible utterances to such a degree that the resultant sounds do not serve satisfactorily as the basic tool for oral expression. Speech difficulties fall into several categories: articulation problems in which speech sounds are omitted, replaced by substitute sounds or distorted; voice problems in which pitch, loudness or quality of voice are affected; and fluency problems including stuttering.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.