Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
27 results found in speech and language.
- Speech Delay (Language Delay, Delayed Speech)
- A condition in which a child does not develop speech and language skills at the expected rate for their age. Speech delay can affect the production of sounds (articulation), the ability to form words …
- Speech Disfluency (Disfluent Speech, Non-Fluent Speech)
- Any interruption to the normal flow of speech, including repetitions of sounds or words, prolongations of sounds, blocks (involuntary pauses), interjections, and revisions. While everyone experiences …
- Speech and Language Therapy (SLT, Speech-Language Pathology, SLP, Speech Therapy)
- A healthcare discipline focused on assessing and treating communication difficulties including speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing disorders. Speech and language therapists work with peop…
- Speech-language pathology (SLP, Speech therapy, Speech-language therapy)
- Speech-language pathology is the clinical discipline concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders, including speech sound production, language comp…
- Stammering (Stuttering, Stammer, Stutter)
- A neurological condition that affects the rhythmic flow of speech, causing involuntary repetitions, prolongations, or blocks of sounds, syllables, or words. Blocking describes audible or silent moment…
- Tonal Language (Tone Language)
- A language in which pitch variations at the word or syllable level distinguish meaning, so that the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have entirely different meanings depending on the tone us…
- Total Communication
- An approach to communication that incorporates all available modes and channels—including speech, gesture, facial expression, drawing, writing, pointing, props, and physical aids—rather than relying o…