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 ===== Primer ===== ===== Primer =====
 **Communication Disorders** are disorders that result in deficits in language, speech, and communication. There are five communication disorders in the DSM-5: Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder (previously Phonological Disorder), Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering),​ Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder, and Unspecified Communication Disorder. **Communication Disorders** are disorders that result in deficits in language, speech, and communication. There are five communication disorders in the DSM-5: Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder (previously Phonological Disorder), Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering),​ Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder, and Unspecified Communication Disorder.
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 +==== Epidemiology ====
 +Communication disorders are estimated to have a prevalence of 5% to 10%.
  
 ==== Definitions ==== ==== Definitions ====