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  2. Speech disorder - Wikipedia

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    Speech disorders, impairments, or impediments, are a type of communication disorder in which normal speech is disrupted. [1] This can mean fluency disorders like stuttering, cluttering or lisps. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. [2] Speech skills are vital to social relationships and learning, and ...

  3. Lisp - Wikipedia

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    Take for example, correction of an "S" sound (lisp). Most likely, a speech language pathologist (SLP) would employ exercises to work on "Sssssss." [clarify] Starting practice words would most likely consist of "S-initial" words such as "say, sun, soap, sip, sick, said, sail." According to this protocol, the SLP slowly increases the complexity ...

  4. Speech and language impairment - Wikipedia

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    A language impairment is a specific deficiency in understanding and sharing thoughts and ideas, i.e. a disorder that involves the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve the form of language, including grammar, morphology, syntax; and the functional aspects of language, including semantics and pragmatics.

  5. Category:Fictional characters with speech disorders - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Fictional characters with speech disorders. Fictional characters with speech impediment, a type of communication disorder where 'normal' speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, etc. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. Classifying speech into normal and disordered is more ...

  6. List of stutterers - Wikipedia

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    Greek orator Demosthenes practicing oratory at the beach with pebbles in his mouth. Stuttering (alalia syllabaris), also known as stammering (alalia literalis or anarthria literalis), is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and involuntary silent pauses or blocks during which the person ...

  7. Spasmodic dysphonia - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. 2 per 100,000 [ 1] Spasmodic dysphonia, also known as laryngeal dystonia, is a disorder in which the muscles that generate a person's voice go into periods of spasm. [ 1][ 2] This results in breaks or interruptions in the voice, often every few sentences, which can make a person difficult to understand. [ 1]

  8. ‘Wheel of Fortune’ fans weren’t laughing after Pat Sajak ...

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    During the player introductions, Sajak mimicked contestant Chris Brimble’s speech impediment. Brimble has a lisp. After he described what he does for a living, instead of saying “I see ...

  9. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    While animals do not have human-style speech, it is possible that some animals could be trained to use simple communication tools, e.g., to request food or a favorite activity by pushing a button. [214] One example of an animal that uses augmentative and alternative communication is a similar way to humans is the sheepadoodle Bunny.