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
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Her aides and colleagues said this month's long and unpredictable stretch of House business in the Capitol forced Wexton to miss some of her speech therapy and physical therapy sessions, which are critical to help counteract the symptoms of Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy.
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
On July 12, Lisa Kays, a Maryland resident, asked Cigna for phone call records related to its decision to deny coverage for her 4-year-old son’s speech therapy.
—Maya Miller, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2023
Operation Smile operates as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides life-improving cleft surgery, dentistry, orthodontics, speech therapy and psychological services.
—'smitty' Robert J. Smith, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The teen is also in occupational therapy and speech therapy.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
Spencer said Noel, who is diagnosed with speech delay, was last seen by a professional for speech therapy July 21.
—Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
More:Why children of color aren't getting the physical, speech therapy some need Louisiana:Federal judge blocks Biden COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program Last September, a federal judge in Louisiana struck down the mandate in those 24 states.
—Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
So the speech therapy portion of it has been very successful.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
Raised by a stern widower in a segregated town in North Carolina, Cotton earned a master’s degree in speech therapy from Boston University in 1960, a few years after King met his future wife, Coretta Scott, while studying there.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
On July 12, Lisa Kays, a Maryland resident, asked Cigna for phone call records related to its decision to deny coverage for her 4-year-old son’s speech therapy.
—Maya Miller, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2023
Operation Smile operates as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides life-improving cleft surgery, dentistry, orthodontics, speech therapy and psychological services.
—'smitty' Robert J. Smith, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The teen is also in occupational therapy and speech therapy.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
Spencer said Noel, who is diagnosed with speech delay, was last seen by a professional for speech therapy July 21.
—Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
More:Why children of color aren't getting the physical, speech therapy some need Louisiana:Federal judge blocks Biden COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program Last September, a federal judge in Louisiana struck down the mandate in those 24 states.
—Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
So the speech therapy portion of it has been very successful.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
Raised by a stern widower in a segregated town in North Carolina, Cotton earned a master’s degree in speech therapy from Boston University in 1960, a few years after King met his future wife, Coretta Scott, while studying there.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above
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speech therapy
noun
: therapeutic treatment of impairments and disorders of speech, voice, language, communication, and swallowing
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