speech defect
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4.8
- noun
- /spiːtʃ dɪˈfɛkt/
- Specialized
:
defecto del habla
- And with a speech defect that turned into a debilitating stammer at around the same time.
- accent or speech defect
Examples
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He sounded as if he had a severe speech defect.
Fiction book (1993) -
Same for grammars of natural languages that adapt to anyone's speech defects and are balanced by "universal translators."
Blog text (8) -
Tom Kernan's speech defect is not what one would expect after that particular accident.
Academic text (1991) -
And when the region containing it and many other genes is deleted, we get humans with mental retardation, developmental problems, and speech defects.
Blog text (2) -
They are of no avail, however, in remedying the speech defects of true aphasics, even transiently.
Blog text (32) -
Marthona heard Ayla's words, wondered at her strange speech mannerism, noted how well she spoke in spite of it, and thought it was either a minor speech defect or the accent of a completely unfamiliar language from a very distant place.
Fiction book (2002) -
Dr. Deborah Dawson's study found that children from disrupted marriages experience a greater risk of injury, asthma, headaches, and speech defects than children from intact families.
Blog text (9) -
Indeed, I suspect that since the effects of the deletion include developmental delay and speech defects, more than one gene might be responsible. DNA sequencing of this region and comparison to the sequences of chimps would be most enlightening here.
Blog text (2) -
As a child, he struggled to communicate clearly due to his speech defect.
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Many people with a speech defect benefit from therapy to improve their communication skills.
Synonyms
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9.2
A condition where a person does not speak because of a physical or mental problem
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4.3
A condition that makes it hard to say sounds correctly or use the voice well
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9.9
Not being able to speak because the throat cannot make sounds
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9.9
A speech problem that makes words hard to say because the muscles used for speaking are weak
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8.9
A break in speaking or writing, such as a pause and repeated words
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8.7
Not being able to speak or write clearly
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9.6
A problem with the voice that makes speaking difficult
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9.9
A condition that makes it hard to speak or understand speech after brain damage
A problem that makes someone speak unclearly or have trouble saying words
Difficulty making clear and separate speech sounds
Saying speech sounds the wrong way, often in children
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a disorder affecting a person's ability to speak' is directly derived from combining 'speech' (the act/capacity of speaking) with 'defect' (a flaw or impairment). This straightforward noun+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Speech defect puts together speech (talking) and defect (a fault or something that does not work right). It creates the image of someone's talking having a fault—missing or strange sounds—so it means 'a problem with speaking'.