speech center

[ speech-sen-ter ]

/ ˈspitʃ ˌsɛn tər /

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noun

a clinic or therapy center where speech-language pathologists diagnose and treat speech and voice disorders.

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Also called speech clin·ic, speech-lan·guage clin·ic [speech-lang-gwij klin-ik], /ˈspitʃˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ ˌklɪn ɪk/, speech and lan·guage cen·ter .

Origin of speech center

First recorded in 1880–85 as a neurological term; current sense dates from 1960–65

Words nearby speech center

speculum metal, sped, Spee, speech, speech act, speech center, speech clinic, speech community, speech correction, speech day, speech form

How to use speech center in a sentence

Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Alessandro turned a grateful look on Ramona as he translated this speech, so in unison with Indian modes of thought and feeling.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
And so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel Webster.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
He said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy