Apraxia of Speech is a neurological disorder that occurs when the signals from the brain are jumbled up before reaching the child’s mouth, resulting in difficulty choosing or forming words, or the complete inability to speak despite the fact that they are physically capable of understanding speech and have the proper muscles, oral structure and breath control to create spoken words. The problem essentially is with the child’s ability to coordinate speech patterns or plan motor activities. Muteness is an inability to speak that is triggered by a physical disorder or stress-related situation, hearing loss or physical deformity of the oral cavity like severe cleft palate, severe cases of Ankyloglossia (being tongue tied) or tumors of the lips, tongue or mouth.
