What is speech disorder?

A speech disorder is characterized as the delayed use some or all of the speech sounds expected for their age group.

How do members experience speech disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with speech disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for speech disorder*

Who has speech disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 3
30s 7
40s 6
50s 14
60s 14
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 21
Female 33