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The thrust of this paper was to stress the fact that language and its acquisition are fundamental to human existence. But through Neurolinguistics, studies have variously showed that some children, and in some cases adults have complications producing certain speech sounds or having problems with voice features. These problems can be characterised by difficulties in the flow or rhythm of speech that are referred to as speech pathology. These speech problems can be the way sounds are articulated (phonological disorder) or difficulties with the volume, pitch or the quality of the sound so produced. People with speech disorders do have problems using some speech sounds which can also be a sign of delay thus causing some communication breakdown. Based on this, it was concluded that clinical assistance by way of preventing, 1 assessing, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, social-communication, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults were suggested.