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speech therapy
A clinical or professional treatment office helping people with speech and spoken-language disorders.
A speech therapy facility is a clinic or professional treatment office where a trained practitioner assists persons in overcoming speaking disorders, including problems in articulation, pronunciation, language syntax, and other aspects of speaking.
The work addresses problems with producing or organizing speech. Articulation, pronunciation, and syntax are examples of the stated scope.
A trained practitioner provides therapeutic assistance. General language teaching or public-speaking instruction without that treatment purpose has a different use.