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

This summer will include multiple doctors’ appointments, plus speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy three times a week. — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Following her late-December injury and weeks of missing school, Kennedi is now finishing her last round of occupational, physical and speech therapy. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 May 2026

Services include nursing, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and case management. — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 13 May 2026

Kevin can now string together words and has improved understanding between him and family members after years of behavioral and speech therapy supported by Applied Behavioral Analysis, the science of learning and behavior. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 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