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speech center

American

[speech sen-ter] / ˈspitʃ ˌsɛn tər /

noun

a clinic or therapy center where speech-language pathologists diagnose and treat speech and voice disorders.

Etymology

Origin of speech center

First recorded in 1880–85 as a neurological term; current sense dates from 1960–65

Example Sentences

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“The stroke completely destroyed her speech center and affected her right side,” said Tim Culver.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2022

UC President Janet Napolitano has launched a free speech center to study 1st Amendment issues and step up education about them.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2018

At least I was able to show her in my anatomy and physiology textbook that her Wernicke’s area was affected, the speech center in her cerebral cortex, and not anything vital.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2012

Some memory cells may have been destroyed; certainly many were damaged, especially in Carolyn's speech center.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have to establish a new connection between the speech center and the center of volition.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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