Speech Disorder Definition

noun
Any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • defect of speech
  • speech defect

Other Word Forms of Speech Disorder

Noun

Singular:
speech disorder
Plural:
speech disorders

Speech Disorder Sentence Examples

  • Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder caused by disturbances in neuromuscular control of components of the speech mechanism.

  • More than a million children in the public schools' special education programs have been diagnosed with a speech disorder.

  • The symptoms of a speech disorder depend heavily on the age of the child.

  • A lisp is a functional speech disorder that involves the inability to correctly pronounce one or more sibilant consonant sounds, usually s or z.

  • Lisping is a speech disorder characterized by the inability to correctly pronounce the sounds of s or z, known as the sibilant consonants.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPE

Words Ending With

RERDER

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Words Starting With S and Ending With R

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