Definitions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 554.

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1. speech therapy [spiːʧ 'θerəpɪ]- the treatment of people who have difficulty speaking
2. rehabilitation [ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]- someone ‘s returning to a good or healthy condition, state or way of living
3. to encounter [ɪn'kauntə] - to meet someone unexpectedly
4. to deal with[diːl] - to take action in order to achieve something or in order to solve a problem
5. pathology [pə'θɔləʤɪ] - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
6. to tackle ['tækl] - to try to deal with something or someone
7. treatment ['triːtmənt] - medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury
8. resonance ['rez(ə)nən(t)s]- the quality of being loud and clear
9. articulation [ɑːˌtɪkj'leɪʃ(ə)n]- the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech
10. phonation [fə(ʊ)ˈneɪʃ(ə)n] - the production or utterance of speech sounds
11. acquire [ə'kwaɪə]- to get something
12. larynx ['lærɪŋks] - a muscular hollow organ between the nose and the lungs which contains the tissue that moves very quickly to create the human voice and many animal sounds
13. palate ['pælət]- the top part of the inside of your mouth
14. disorder [dɪ'sɔːdə]- an illness that disrupts normal physical or mental functions
15. to stutter ['stʌtə] - to speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times