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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
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- 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
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (HIDCD)
Voice, Speech, and Language
https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice-speech-and-language