Speech Difficulties in Down Syndrome. Down syndrome (DS) is an incurable genetic disorder that has a profound impact upon a personâs physical, mental, and social development. Children with DS have anatomical and physiological differences in the mouth and throat region that affect feeding, swallowing, and oral motor skills.
1 A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen).  A great gross refers to a group of 1728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen).
Grossly is defined as something done in a disgusting manner, or is something that is extreme or excessive. 1  When you do eat in an unpleasant and disgusting way, this is an example of behaving grossly. 2  When something is extremely, ridiculously overpriced, this is an example of a time when it is grossly overpriced.