Youngsters may make sound substitutions in their speech, have difficulty repeating verbal sounds accurately, and then find learning to "sound out" words in beginning reading particularly problematic.
Damage to this tract may result in conduction aphasia, a disorder in which the individual can understand and speak but has difficulty in repeating what is said to him.
Her cardiologist suspected that her heart had difficulty pacing itself, but repeated interventions failed to fix her heart's natural pacemaker.
Poorer countries in the developing world are more likely to have difficulty absorbing repeated disaster-related losses and costs associated with disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
He would have trouble saying anything, "but then, once started, he had difficulty stopping". So he'd repeat things over and over.
Smith said the department has had difficulty finding witnesses, despite investigators canvassing the neighborhood, passing out fliers and making repeated public appeals for help.
Southern blotting, the current method used to quantify repeat number, is labor intensive and may have difficulty discriminating repeat sizes at the smaller end of the intermediate spectrum.
She had difficulty breathing.
He had difficulty speaking.
Tom had difficulty communicating.
