speech impairment

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

She also has a speech impairment that causes her to mispronounce certain words, “so she’s always been different,” her mother said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

In this context, stuttering is a disability not because of the speech impairment but because social norms haven’t adapted to it.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Four days later he suffered speech impairment and seizures and was taken to Newcastle's RVI, but despite emergency surgery he died on 19 May.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022

This would also help passengers read the lips of someone with a speech impairment that might be difficult to understand.

From The Verge • Dec. 20, 2021

He has difficulty communicating his thoughts because a speech impairment makes it hard to get the words out.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2018