My 5 year old and his speech

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He has a speech problem. Most of the stuff that comes out of his mouth I understand. Some I have a hard time figuring it out. Today, he was trying to tell me something and I could not figure out what he was saying. He kept saying something that sounded like "vegetables". So I said "vegatables?" he said no. I said are you saying "lost balls?" he said no. It was like playing charades. I felt so bad for him. Anyway after 10 minutes of trying to figure it out and him getting so frustrated I asked my 10 year old to help. She figured it out thank goodness. He was saying "lunchables". He stopped crying after that. I don't know what to do. He gets speech therapy twice a week. He is much better than he was but I still have a hard time understanding him. What bothers me is I see kids his age and younger that speak clearly and here my child is struggling to get the words out. Anyone else have a child that struggles with speech? Is there anything I could do to help him?