speech disorder

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Related to speech disorder: Language disorder, articulation disorder

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Noun

speech disorder - a disorder of oral speech

disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"

anarthria - partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system

aphonia, voicelessness - a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice

cataphasia - a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession

dysarthria - impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

dyslogia - impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses)

dysphonia - speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation

lallation - defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l'

lambdacism - speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'

lisp - a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'

stammer, stutter - a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

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'The feelings of a Vietnamese mother whose speech disorder did not prevent her from feeling hopeful and evoking a sense of strength for her children,' HIPA said.

Taiwanese bird photographer wins 1st place in 'General' category at HIPA

I sent a written application to the PPSC chairman and informed the interview panel about my speech disorder and submitted all required medical certificates, but I was declared fail in the interview on Nov 16, 2018.'

PPSC told to reassess candidate declared fail

FAS is a rare condition, a type of motor speech disorder first documented in 1907.

WHAT IS IT? Foreign accent syndrome

Since stammering is the most prevalent speech disorder among children, I would like to add that there is a great resource for stammering in the website of the US-based nonprofit organisation The Stuttering Foundation (www.stammeringhelp.org) , which offers many free resources for stammerers of all ages.

Welcome news over first speech rehabilitation clinic

On day three post-surgery he was discharged home with a diagnosis of functional speech disorder.

Prolonged neurologic dysfunction after a general anaesthetic

Consequently, due to the alteration in the lingual frenulum, the tongue may be prevented from normally articulating with other stomatognathic structures, which may, therefore, result in a phonetic speech disorder, since this, according to the literature, is the orofacial disorder most frequently found in the presence of an altered frenulum [7,15,16].

Speech disorders related to alterations of the lingual frenulum in schoolchildren/Alteracoes de fala relacionadas as alteracoes do frenulo lingual em escolares

As presented in Table 2, the students who were screened preferentially were categorized into the following speech disorder groups: speech sound disorders (SSDs) (articulation or apraxia of speech, and phonology), fluency, and voice.

Prevalence of speech disorders in elementary school students in Jordan

According to the type of speech disorder, the majority of subjects (54%) had dyslalia, 25% had dysphasia, and stuttering was observed in 21%.

Articulation disorders in Serbian language in children with speech pathology/Poremecaji artikulacije u srpskom jeziku kod dece sa patologijom govora

An informal screening was administered to determine if the student has any speech disorder and/or other associated factors.

The prevalence of speech disorders among university students in Jordan

New Delhi, May 29 ( ANI ): Emily Blunt recently revealed how 'pretending to be someone else' helped her to overcome a speech disorder as a kid.

Acting helped heal Emily Blunt's 'stutter'

A speech disorder is any speaking behavior which noticeably hinders communication, negatively affects the speaker and the audience, and exhibits substantial abnormality from standard and acceptable speech patterns (Ham, 1990).

The effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on stuttering

The relationship of bottle feeding and other sucking behaviors with speech disorder in Patagonian preschoolers.