Speech is the way we talk. It’s the precise coordination the movements of the tongue, lips, jaw, and vocal tract to produce the sounds we need to express language. Articulation and motor speech fall under this category. So do voice and fluency! Voice involves resonance (hyper or hyponasality), volume (loudness), and quality (hoarseness). Fluency involves the rhythm and rate of speech that can impact comprehensibility.
Therapy can assist with children who have trouble producing speech sounds correctly, putting sounds or words together as well as children who stutter or have voice disorders.
Language is what we communicate to others. It’s the way we communicate with others based on a shared understanding and knowledge of the world. Language can be expressed through speaking, writing, drawing, gesturing, body movements, and eye contact. Receptive language refers to understanding others and expressive language refers to communicating thoughts with others. Pragmatic language refers to the social knowledge and skills used to communicate with others to create and maintain social relationships.
Therapy can assist with receptive language, expressive language, pragmatic language.
And that's the difference between speech and language!
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