speech therapy

noun

: therapeutic treatment of impairments and disorders of speech, voice, language, communication, and swallowing

speech therapist noun

plural speech therapists

a licensed speech therapist

Examples of speech therapy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is the opportunity to bring significant new education money to students who need extra support, such as tutoring or extra speech therapy that their public school does not provide. — Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Head Start is required to serve at least two meals per day to the young children who attend these schools, as well as offer speech therapy and other kinds of developmental support and health services when needed. — Alexander Thim, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Durbin planned to move her mother down to Tampa with her as Shankland began occupational, physical and speech therapy sessions. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Photo courtesy of GoFundMe/ family of Jodi Flowers, Aiden's mother, wrote on Facebook over the weekend that her son had been moved to the hospital's rehab floor and was going to physical, occupational, and speech therapy sessions. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for speech therapy

• brachytherapy
• chemotherapy
• cryotherapy
• hydrotherapy
• hypnotherapy
• monotherapy
• phototherapy
• psychotherapy
• sclerotherapy
• immunotherapy
• pharmacotherapy
• physiotherapy

Medical Definition

speech therapy

noun

: therapeutic treatment of impairments and disorders of speech, voice, language, communication, and swallowing