speech disorder
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4.3
- noun
- /spiːtʃ dɪsˈɔːrdər/
- Specialized
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trastorno del habla
- A speech disorder can make it hard for a child to pronounce their words clearly.
- motor speech disorder
Examples
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Therapists work with patients to improve communication skills affected by a speech disorder.
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Stuttering is a speech disorder that occurs across all cultures, in which the normal flow of speech is disrupted (ASHA, 2012).
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When applicable, their instructions stated that the speakers they were about to see had a speech disorder.
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Key Words: voice, speech disorders, electromyography
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All control speakers spoke English as a first language and were screened for any speech disorder.
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In populations with neurological speech disorders, there is evidence that increased linguistic demands produce more disruptions to the speech system.
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There are two streams of research: one is advancing the neuroimaging techniques that we use to understand how the brain works for speaking, including children who stutter or have other speech disorders.
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The majority of the participants in Group 1 (15 of 20 children) had no co-occurring disorders; two had issues with vision; and there was one case each of a co-occurring learning disorder, language disorder, speech disorder, and gross motor disorder.
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Thus, examining the more sensitive measure of interarticulatory coordination—especially in more complex production tasks—is more likely to reveal differences between speakers with and without a speech disorder.
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Appendix D presents a summary of self-reported speech disorder severity for the MS, PD, and ALS groups, as well as communication mode for the HNCA participants.
Academic text (2013)
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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4.8
Difficulty speaking clearly that makes others hard to understand
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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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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
Saying speech sounds the wrong way, often in children
How Severe
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9.9
- Specialized
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4.3
- Specialized
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9.6
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4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a disorder affecting speech' is directly and compositionally derived from 'speech' (the act of speaking) + 'disorder' (an abnormal condition), i.e. a disorder of speech. This noun+noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically transparent pattern (e.g. Spanish 'trastorno del habla'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Speech disorder combines speech (talking) and disorder (things out of order), so imagine your words getting mixed up or blocked and not coming out right. That's why it means a health problem 'making it hard to talk'.