| Category | Communication Disorder |
| System | Nervous System |
| Organ | Brain, Muscles involved in speech, tongue etc |
| Alternate Names /Common Names | Articulation deficiency; Voice disorders; Vocal disorders; Disfluency; Communication disorder |
| Names in different languages |
'Haklana' in Hindi 'totlami' in Bengali 'totare bolane' in Marathi 'gestotter' in German |
| ICD 10 Classification | F80 (Speech and language disorder),F 94 (Selective Mutism),F98.5 (Stuttering) |
| World statistics | Speech Disorders affects nearly 3 million American people. Delayed speech development affects nearly 5-10% of toddlers. Nearly 2.5% of children under age of 5 years stutter but as they grow up stammering goes away in most cases. Speech Disorder affects nearly 1% of adult population. |
| Indian statistics | Not relevantly known |
