speech therapist:言语治疗师;主要帮助儿童或成人改善发音、语言表达与理解、口吃(流利度)、声音问题等,有时也会参与吞咽相关的康复训练。(在英式英语中也常说 speech and language therapist。)
/spiːtʃ ˈθerəpɪst/
My son sees a speech therapist every Tuesday.
我儿子每周二去看言语治疗师。
After the stroke, a speech therapist worked with him to rebuild his language skills and improve his swallowing safety.
中风后,言语治疗师帮助他重建语言能力,并提高吞咽的安全性。
该短语由 speech(言语) + therapist(治疗师) 组成:therapist 来自希腊语词根 therapeia,意为“治疗、照护”。合起来指专门从事言语与沟通障碍评估和训练的专业人员。