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speech organ
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Noun1.speech organ - any of the organs involved in speech productionspeech organ - any of the organs involved in speech production
organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
articulator - a movable speech organ
glottis - the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated
larynx, voice box - a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
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This can manifest itself in verbal dyspraxia, which means that someone cannot have control over their speech organs, they cannot enunciate and make speech sounds effectively, there have plenty of trouble forming words and stringing them into sentences, they have trouble breathing and in some rare cases, eating as well.
However, the terms are usually given only in Estonian, with the exception of the anatomical terms for speech organs where the corresponding Latin names are added.
A dyspraxic child will have difficulties with controlling their movements, this could relate to hand and finger movement, eye movement or the speech organs.
 
 
 
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