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).
Gross, on the other hand, can mean large, not just disgusting, although it can be amusing to think of your gross pay as being disgustingly large. Even if your gross income seems small, thinking of it that way can help you remember that gross pay is the larger number, while what you catch in your net is a smaller amount.