Speech Disabilities
Callers with speech disabilities must be afforded the same ability to access emergency services as callers without disability.
Upon completion of this training, the student will be able to:
The student will be able to explain a speech disability.
The student will be able to determine the body systems involved in speaking.
The student will be able to differentiate between psychogenic and neurogenic mutism.
The student will be able to explain the types of aphasia.
The student will be able to list the five types of articulation disorders.
The student will be able to discuss fluency disorders.
The student will be able to identify types of voice disorders.
The student will be able to describe interpreter services available to a person with a speech disability.
The student will be able to summarize call processing techniques for a person with a speech disability.
Course Information
Learning Objectives
Activity Instructions - Please Read
Course Worksheet Information
Deaf Culture and TDD Worksheet
Introduction
Video: Speech-to-Speech Relay - Andy's Story
Knowledge Checkpoint
Anatomy of a Speech Disability
Video: How Does the Human Body Produce Voice and Speech
Knowledge Checkpoint
Mutism
Video: Valedictorian with Non-Verbal Autism Gives Commencement Speech
Knowledge Checkpoint
Aphasia
Download: Aphasia Coloring Sheets
Knowledge Checkpoint
Articulation Disorders
Knowledge Checkpoint