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A 33-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: speech difficulty?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Speech difficulty: "A speech disorder is an impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency and/or voice." See: http://www.asha.org/policy/RP1993-00208/
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Last updated May 7, 2017
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