speech therapist
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3.3
- noun
- /spiːtʃ ˈθɛrəpɪst/
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logopeda
- After the accident, he started visiting a speech therapist to regain his ability to speak clearly.
- speech therapists provide
For example, with King's Speech, it's not just a guy who stutters and hires a speech therapist is the king of England.
- For example, with King's Speech, it's not just a guy who stutters and hires a speech therapist is the king of England.
- We just it's it's like when David Sedaris writes about the fact that he went to a speech therapist where he just realized that everyone there was gay, right?
Examples
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At that time, Sam was receiving special education services for articulation from the speech therapist.
Academic text (2014) -
For 15 years, McDermott had been going to see a speech therapist.
Blog text (7) -
You know, my brother is a speech therapist.
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Sister Anna brought in a speech therapist once a week to work with her.
Fiction book (2002) -
The speech therapist can provide exercises and ideas that might help.
Academic text (2006) -
And one of the things that speech therapists do is get people to sing what it is they're trying to say.
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Despite daily sessions with the school speech therapist, his whistle had only been tamed to a blustering wheeze.
Fiction book (2001) -
Schools may have to provide everything from extra time for tests to tutors, speech therapists, or full-time aides.
Academic text (2002) -
In this sequel to Light a Single Candle, Cathy Wheeler is college-aged and seeking a degree as a speech therapist.
Academic text (2000) -
Mrs. Richardson, Regina's speech therapist, would hook her up to a biofeedback machine that monitored the tension in her throat muscles.
Fiction book (1999)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'speech therapist' straightforwardly combines 'speech' (the act of speaking) with 'therapist' (a professional who treats disorders), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a professional who treats speech or language problems. This is a regular, compositional noun–noun profession label common across languages and thus readily understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Speech therapist combines speech and therapist. speech means 'talking' and therapist means a person who 'helps people get better', so imagine someone who works with a person on their talking with exercises, and you have a speech therapist, a specialist who finds and helps with problems in speech and language.