A student with a Speech or language impairment is one who has a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment.

Speech impairments include:

• Articulation: where the child produces sounds incorrectly
• Fluency: where a child’s flow of speech is disrupted by sounds, syllables and words that are repeated, prolonged or avoided or where they may be silent blocks, inappropriate inhalation, exhalation or phonation patterns
• Voice: where the child’s voice has an abnormal quality to its pitch, resonance or loudness

 Language impairments where the child has problems expressing needs, ideas or information and or/in understanding what others say

Helpful Links:

American Speech and Hearing Association

Texas Speech and Hearing Association

Texas Education Agency

Region 13 Education Service Center