RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE

DISORDER

Madiha Maqsud
HOD SLP Deptt. PSRD
• A language disorder is an impairment in the processing of
linguistic information that affects an individual’s ability to
receive and/or express language.
• According to DSM-V, the disorder involves persistent
difficulties in the comprehension or production of spoken,
written, sign language, or other forms of language. The
individual may not demonstrate age-appropriate language
disabilities.
• A language disorder is different from a speech disorder,
which involves problems with the articulation and fluency
of speech sounds. Difficulties may arise in language form,
content or function.
• Language disorders are one of the four disorders classified
under communication disorders by DSM-V.
• The other three are speech disorders, central auditory
processing disorders and hearing disorders.
• Communication disorders, which may have a severity
range from mild to profound, interfere with an individual’s
ability to function in daily life (American Speech-
Language Association, 1993).
• At any age, stroke, brain injuries, disease or seizures may
lead to communication disorders.
 Types of Language Disorders
Expressive Language
Disorder
Expressive language
disorders involve deficits in
verbal and written
expression. Deficits may
involve articulation,
vocabulary, sentence
formation and memory. A
child’s language ability will
lag that of his/her peers in
areas such as word choice
and usage, sentence
formation and grammar
Receptive Language Disorder
Receptive language disorders involve
deficits in comprehension. In children,
signs may include not listening to or
following instructions and repeating
words or phrases heard, a symptom called
echolalia. Mixed Receptive-Expressive
Language Disorder involves problems
with both expressive and receptive
communication. Many individuals
experience deficits in both areas. An
individual may also show signs of
dyscalculia (problems with arithmetic) or
spatial concepts.
• Forms of Language – involve phonology (speech sounds
and patterns), morphology (how words are formed) and
syntax (the formation of phrases and clauses).
• Content of Language – involves semantics or the meanings
of words.
• Function of Language – involves pragmatics or how
language is used by individuals in different contexts.
 Receptive Language Disorder is a type of learning
disability ,affecting the ability to understand spoken, and
sometimes written language .

 Children with RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE DISORDER

have difficulty in language processing & the connection
between words & ideas they represent.
• Receptive Language Disorder also known as CENTRAL
AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER &
COMPREHENSION DEFICIT(.CAPD)
• Auditory processing disorder (APD), also known as central
auditory processing disorder (CAPD), is a hearing problem
that affects about 5% of school-aged children.
• Kids with this condition can't process what they hear in the
same way other kids do because their ears and brain don't
fully coordinate. Something interferes with the way the
brain recognizes and interprets sounds, especially speech.
• Kids with APD are thought to hear normally because they
can usually hear sounds that are delivered one at a time in a
very quiet environment (such as a sound-treated room)
 But difficulty in following conditions: upsetting noisy
environments

• difficulty following directions

• reading, spelling, writing, or other speech-language
difficulties?
• (word) math problems
• disorganized and forgetful?
• hard for your child to follow conversation
ETIOLOGY
Receptive language Disorder is believed to involve language
processing centers of brain.There are number of factors;
• 1.Child’s genetic susceptibility
• 2.Child’s exposure to language
• 3.General developmental & cognitive abilities.
• Often associated with developmental disorders such as
autism.
• 4.Brain insult ---- trauma,tumour or disease.