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What Speech Disorder Causes The Person To Sound Like He Has A Mouthful Of Mush?
Speech disorders refer to several conditions in which a person has problems creating or forming the speech sounds needed to communicate with others.
Three common speech disorders are:
- Articulation disorders
- Disfluency
- Voice disorders
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Alternative Names
Articulation deficiency; Voice disorders; Vocal disorders; Disfluency; Communication disorder - speech disorder
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Speech is one of the main ways in which we communicate with...
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