SAAC: PRACTICAL CASES U1

Read the cases and identify what language disorder they suffer from and what characteristics define it.

Case 1: 

Álvaro, a 5-year-old boy who had a surgical intervention for a cleft palate, has distorted speech, making it difficult to understand what he says.

Case 2: 

Alicia is a woman who works in a call-center. She goes to a speech therapist with a report from the otorhinolaryngology service which shows that she has nodules on the vocal cords.

Case 3: 

Lorenzo suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis without orofacial anatomical involvemen,. What he says is understandable although his pace is slow and he needs many pauses to breathe