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Communication disorders are conditions affecting one's ability to communicate and include inadequate language development, problems with oral muscles, blindness, deafness, and stuttering.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

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