My youngest son has a moderate speech delay.
I'm sorry to hear that. Speech delay is also known as alalia and is when there is a delay in the use of the mechanism that produces speech. Does he get speech therapy?
Yes, he's been getting speech therapy since he was 2.
Voice therapy (transgender)
Voice therapy or voice training refers to any non-surgical technique used to improve or modify the human voice. Because voice is a "gender cue", trans people may frequently undertake voice therapy as a part of gender transition in order to make their voices sound more like what is typical of their gender, and therefore increase their readability as that gender in society.
Voice feminization is the desired goal of changing a perceived male sounding voice to a female sounding voice. The term "voice
Speech delay
Speech delay, also known as alalia, refers to a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech. Speech – as distinct from language – is the actual process of making sounds, using such organs and structures as the lungs, vocal cords, mouth, tongue, teeth, etc. Language delay refers to a delay in the development or use of the knowledge of language.
Because language and speech are two independent stages, they may be individually delayed. For example, a child