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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When a physician changed her mom’s or dad’s plan of care, the siblings had to procure new medications, supplies and medical equipment, and arrange new rounds of occupational, physical and speech therapy.
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Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
The speech therapy class was largely made up of people of color, including Black students like Smitherman, who spoke in Black English, a language spoken by many Black people across the country.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Adding brain stimulation to speech therapy may strengthen learning.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
But Gabriel soon started physical, occupational and speech therapy and quickly made progress.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
Days before Campbell’s surgery, Michaela created a GoFundMe page on her father’s behalf in order to help raise money for physical and speech therapy, medical equipment, dental implants, caregivers and more.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
The big moment in my recovery — the thing that returned me to daily crosswords — came during a speech therapy session.
—Dan Koeppel, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
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.
—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
Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
The speech therapy class was largely made up of people of color, including Black students like Smitherman, who spoke in Black English, a language spoken by many Black people across the country.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Adding brain stimulation to speech therapy may strengthen learning.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
But Gabriel soon started physical, occupational and speech therapy and quickly made progress.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
Days before Campbell’s surgery, Michaela created a GoFundMe page on her father’s behalf in order to help raise money for physical and speech therapy, medical equipment, dental implants, caregivers and more.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
The big moment in my recovery — the thing that returned me to daily crosswords — came during a speech therapy session.
—Dan Koeppel, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
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.
—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
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