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speech therapy
[ speech ther-uh-pee ]
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.
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
- speech therapist, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- speech ther·a·pist noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of speech therapy1
Example Sentences
He was unable to speak or sing for weeks afterwards but went through intensive speech therapy and has made a full recovery.
In an earlier interview, she said it had taken two years of speech therapy before she was able to say her first words.
She said it had taken two years of speech therapy before she was able to say her first words.
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.
On Thursday, Beshear praised the Kentucky bill — Senate Bill 111 — that will require insurers to cover speech therapy costs to treat stuttering.
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