Many children do develop speech sounds over time but those who do not often need the services of an SLP to learn correct speech sounds. Some speech sound errors can result from physical problems, such as: 1  developmental disorders (e.g.,autism). 2  genetic syndromes (e.g., Down syndrome).
adjective. 1  The definition of anergic is a condition in which the body fails to react to an injected antigen. 2  The definition of anergic is a condition in which the body fails to react to an injected antigen. A child whose body does not react properly to an immunization is anergic.
anergy Immunology Depression or absence of an immune response to an antigen to which the host was previously sensitive; it is characterized by â/absent lymphokine secretion by viable T cells when the T cell receptor is engaged by an antigen; it can be tested by loss of delayed hypersensitivityâeg, to PPD, Candida antigens, or DCNB.