This speech disorder was attributed to being born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck .
For the first six years of her life , Rousey struggled with speech and could not form an intelligible sentence due to apraxia , a neurological childhood speech sound disorder .
This speech disorder was attributed to being born with Rousey 's umbilical cord wrapped around her neck .
For the first six years of her life , Rousey struggled with speech and could not form an intelligible sentence due to apraxia , a neurological childhood speech sound disorder .