speech and language impairments definition
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.