| SPR | sepiapterin reductase; serial probe recognition; specific pathogen free; Society for Pediatric Radio... |
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| SRP | short rib-polydactyly [syndrome]; signal recognition particle; Society for Radiological Protection; ... |
| SRPR | signal recognition particle receptor |
| ASHA | American School Health Association; American Social Health Association; American Speech and Hearing ... |
| CCP-SLP | Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology |
| erythema threshold | The amount of radiation that causes redness of the skin. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| fibrillation threshold | Least intensity of an electrical stimulus that will initiate fibrillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusion-inferred threshold test | Employment of the phenomenon of cerebral fusion of binaural sounds to substitute for conventional masking in hearing testing. Synonym: FIT test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| light differential threshold | The smallest difference in light intensity that can be appreciated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alaryngeal speech | A form of speech achieved after laryngectomy by using either an external vibratory source or the pharyngoesophageal segment as an internal vibratory source. Tracheoesophageal speech may be produced after laryngectomy by surgically diverting exhaled air to the pharynx by a permanently constructed tracheoesophageal fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| american speech-language-hearing association | A professional society concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and remediation of speech, language, and hearing disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| audiometry, speech | Measurement of the ability to hear speech under various conditions of intensity and noise interference using sound-field as well as earphones and bone oscillators. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rehabilitation of speech and language disorders | Procedures for assisting a person with a speech or language disorder to communicate with maximum efficiency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cerebellar speech | An explosive type of utterance, with slurring of words. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mirror speech | A reversal of the order of syllables in a word, analogous to mirror writing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clipped speech | A form of lalling in which consonants or syllables that are difficult to pronounce are omitted. Synonym: clipped speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| motor speech centre | The posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus of the left or dominant hemisphere, corresponding approximately to Brodmann's area 44; Broca identified this region as an essential component of the motor mechanisms governing articulated speech. Synonym: Broca's area, Broca's field, motor speech centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| helium speech | The peculiar high-pitched, often unintelligible speech sounds produced when one breathes a mixture of up to 80 per cent helium and 20 per cent oxygen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scamping speech | A form of lalling in which consonants or syllables that are difficult to pronounce are omitted. Synonym: clipped speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scanning speech | Measured or metered, often slow speech. (05 Mar 2000) |