speech therapy
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3.5
- noun
- /spiːtʃ ˈθɛrəpi/
:
terapia del habla
- My son has individual counseling, speech therapy, and social skills education.
- receive speech therapy
- speech therapy office
- speech therapy services
And so, yeah, like I had speech therapy.
- And so, yeah, like I had speech therapy.
- That don't mean it needs a speech therapy.
Examples
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Dr. Shanta had a stroke last year and has come to London for speech therapy at a famous clinic.
Fiction book (1994) -
Artie is going to pick you up after school... and take you to speech therapy today.
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Are you able to make it to his speech therapy today?
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But yeah, I took speech therapy for two months.
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And then he'll need speech therapy.
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I started keeping watch over the speech therapy door, taking note of who came and went.
Fiction book (2000) -
All treatment sessions occurred in either a classroom or speech therapy office.
Academic text (1998) -
Ben's speech therapy starts Thursday.
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Ten of the 14 CWS had reportedly received speech therapy for stuttering.
Academic text (2012) -
During one of my speech therapy sessions, the therapist placed a mirror in front of me to help improve my pronunciation.
Synonyms
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3.2
Treatment given to help physical or mental health problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the treatment of speech and communication disorders' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'speech' (spoken language) with 'therapy' (treatment). This noun+noun composition follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g., Spanish 'terapia del habla'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase speech therapy comes from two simple words, speech, meaning 'talking', and therapy, meaning 'help to heal' or 'treatment'. Picture a person practicing sounds with a helper to make their talking clearer, and you have the idea behind the phrase. That's why it means 'treatment for speech and communication problems' today.