SCANNING SPEECH

By
Nugent, Pam M.S.
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Speech which proceeds slowly and is marked by variations of intonation and unintentional delays between syllables. Representative of ataxic dysarthria.

SCANNING SPEECH: "The girl could communicate, but only through scanning speech."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. FLUENT SPEECH
  2. ARTICULATION DISORDER
  3. PROSODY
  4. APRAXIA OF SPEECH
  5. DYSPHONETIC DYSLEXIA
  6. TELEGRAPHIC SPEECH
  7. DYSARTHRIA
  8. TIME AND RHYTHM DISORDERS
  9. APROSODIA
  10. AUTOMATIC SPEECH
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "SCANNING SPEECH," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/scanning-speech/ (accessed April 24, 2018).
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