Word: dyslalia
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...Dyslalia is a malady caused by poor speech habits or by defects in the organs or brain center of speech. If a patient has no soft palate, he cannot pronounce k and g; if he has no hard palate, he has trouble with t, d, n, r, 1; if he has a harelip, he cannot make the sounds p, m, f, v, w. Such people need surgical treatment, or perhaps a mechanical palate. Their main problem is to expel air through the mouth, not the nose. To learn this, they blow soap bubbles and rubber balloons, sometimes hold to their...
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