speech therapy：言语治疗；语言治疗。指由专业的言语治疗师（speech-language pathologist）通过评估与训练，帮助人们改善发音、语言理解与表达、口吃/流利度、嗓音以及与沟通相关的能力（也常涵盖吞咽训练等临床内容）。在英式英语中也常称为 speech and language therapy。
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She started speech therapy after her surgery.
她手术后开始做言语治疗。
Although he was intelligent, years of speech therapy helped him speak more clearly and confidently in public.
尽管他很聪明，多年的言语治疗仍帮助他在公众面前说话更清晰、更自信。
speech 源自古英语 spc（言语、说话）；therapy 源自希腊语 therapeia（治疗、照护）。合在一起的 speech therapy 字面义即“对言语（沟通能力）的治疗与训练”，20世纪随着临床康复与教育心理学发展而广泛使用。
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