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speech impairment

Impairment in ability to speak. Notes: - insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening to detect speech & language delay in children [2]

Related

speech (talk) speech therapy

Specific

dysarthria dyslalia incoherent speech mutism slurred speech speech-language disorder; specific language impairment; developmental verbal dyspraxia

General

sign/symptom

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. January 2014. Final Recommendation Statement. Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Screening http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/speech-and-language-delay-in-preschool-children-screening - Wallace IF et al Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Children 5 Years Old and Younger: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics. July 7, 2015 PMID: 26152671 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/07/02/peds.2014-3889 - Voigt RG, Accardo PJ. Formal Speech-Language Screening Not Shown to Help Children. Pediatrics. 2015 Jul 7 PMID: 26152669
  3. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (HIDCD) Voice, Speech, and Language https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice-speech-and-language