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speech therapy

[ speech-ther-uh-pee ]
/ ˈspitʃ ˈθɛr ə pi /
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noun
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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Also called speech-lan·guage ther·a·py [speech-lang-gwij ther-uh-pee] /ˈspitʃˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ ˈθɛr ə pi/ .

Origin of speech therapy

First recorded in 1930–35

OTHER WORDS FROM speech therapy

speech ther·a·pist, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for speech therapy

speech therapy

noun
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

Derived forms of speech therapy

speech therapist, noun
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