The International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) is an international

scholarly association A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

dedicated to the study of

speech disorders Speech disorders or speech impairments are a type of communication disorder in which normal speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, etc. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. Speech skills ar ...

and

language disorder Language disorders or language impairments are disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar (syntax and/or morphology), semantics (meaning), or other aspects of language. ...

s. It was founded in 1991. The Association sponsors a biennial conference. The official journal of the Association is ''Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics'' published since 1987 by

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. It has appeared on a monthly basis since 2007.Official site of ''Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics''
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