speech therapy

[speech ther-uh-pee]

noun

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.

speech therapy

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

Other Word Forms

• speech therapist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of speech therapy¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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

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He was unable to speak or sing for weeks afterwards but went through intensive speech therapy and has made a full recovery.

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In an earlier interview, she said it had taken two years of speech therapy before she was able to say her first words.

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She said it had taken two years of speech therapy before she was able to say her first words.

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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.

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