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, nounWords nearby speech therapy
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How to use speech therapy in a sentence
They didn't mind it, except for the fact that my speech therapy cut into play time.
Other than speech therapy, my life post-CI didn't change much.
She studied speech therapy at Institut Libre Marie Haps and then held her own practice from 1995 until her marriage in 1999.
“I had been doing speech therapy, and it had been making me more aware of the stutter, which actually made it worse,” he says.
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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, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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