speech-language pathologist

[ speech-lang-gwij puh-thol-uh-jeest ]

/ ˈspitʃˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ pəˈθɒl ə dʒist /

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noun

a person who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of speech and voice disorders, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition. Abbreviation: SLP

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Also called speech pa·thol·o·gist, speech ther·a·pist

[speech-ther-uh-pist] /ˈspitʃ ˈθɛr ə pɪst/ .

Origin of speech-language pathologist

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby speech-language pathologist

speech day, speech form, speech from the throne, speechify, speech island, speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology, speechless, speechmaker, speech organ, speech pathology

How to use speech-language pathologist 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
“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
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
I would ask you to imagine it translated into every language, a common material of understanding throughout all the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
And all over the world each language would be taught with the same accent and quantities and idioms—a very desirable thing indeed.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells