speech therapy

American  

[speech ther-uh-pee] / ˈspitʃ ˈθɛr ə pi /

noun

speech therapies plural

1. the diagnosis and treatment of speech and communication problems, as stuttering and other fluency and articulation disorders, or aphasia and other expressive or receptive language disorders.

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speech therapy British  

noun

1. treatment to improve the speech of children who have difficulty in learning to speak, for example because of partial deafness or brain damage, or to help restore the power of speech to adults who have lost it or partly lost it through accident or illness

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• speech therapist
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• speech therapies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of speech therapy

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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speech therapy

With one of her children receiving speech therapy each week, Hinojosa wants to know if putting money into the accounts will interfere with her daughter’s eligibility for government benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Nine weeks of extensive rehabilitation including speech therapy followed, and today he experiences significant short-term memory loss.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Now 7, Elijah receives physical and speech therapy among a host of other services paid for through Medicaid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

But after two operations at St George's Hospital, in south-west London, and a course of "amazing" speech therapy, the most recognisable voice in football is back - and on television again.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024

The first was that he took me out of class one day per week and put me in speech therapy for the entire day.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers