INDIA - Survey on Health Care: NSS 52nd Round, Schedule 25, 1995 - 1996

Speech disability : This refers to persons' inability to speak properly. Speech of a person is judged to be disordered if the persons' speech is not understood by the listener, draws attention to the manner in which he speaks than to the meaning and is aesthetically unpleasant.Persons with speech disability include those who cannot speak, speak only limited words or those with loss of voice. It also includes those having speech but with defects in speech such as, stammering, nasal voice, hoarse voice, discordant voice and articulation defects etc.