Key Points. 1  Cancer treatment can cause mouth and throat problems. 2  Oral complications may be caused by the treatment itself (directly) or by side effects of the treatment (indirectly). 3  Complications may be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-lasting).
Language deprivation. Language deprivation is associated with the lack of linguistic stimuli that are necessary for the language acquisition processes in an individual, usually in a very impoverished environment. Experiments involving language deprivation are very scarce due to the ethical controversy associated with it.
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT. I. DEFINITION. Speech or Language Impairment means a communication disorder, such as. stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The operational definition under Arkansas regulations, which is designed to be. compatible with the Federal definition, is as follows: Speech or Language. Impairment means a communication disorder such as deviant articulation, fluency, voice, and/or comprehension and/or expression of language, spoken or. written, which impedes the child's acquisition of basic cognitive and/or affective.