scanning speech

speech (spēch) the expression of thoughts and ideas by vocal sounds.

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esophageal speech  that produced by vibration of the column of air in the esophagus against the contracting cricopharyngeal sphincter; used after laryngectomy.

explosive speech  speech uttered with more force than necessary.

mirror speech  a speech abnormality in which the order of syllables in a sentence is reversed.

pressured speech  logorrhea.

scanning speech  that in which syllables of words are separated by noticeable pauses.

staccato speech  that in which each syllable is uttered separately.

telegraphic speech  that consisting of only certain prominent words and lacking articles, modifiers, and other ancillary words, a form of agrammaticism in other than young children.

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scanning speech,

abnormal speech characterized by a staccato-like articulation in which the words are clipped and broken because the person pauses between syllables.

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scanning speech

Neurology Speech characterized by sliding and stretching of words, and slurring of phonation, which is associated with cerebellar defects, often accompanied by inappropriate rate, range, force, and direction of voluntary movements