Speech & Language Disorder
Here are some of the symptoms to help you determine if you child has a speech, language, or hearing disorder. It helps to know about typical speech and language development. More information about identifying the signs of communication disorders is available at Indus Health.
A language disorder may be in speaking, reading and/or writing. It may also be receptive (understanding) and or expressive (talking, reading, writing or singing).
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Doesn’t smile or interact with others (birth-3 Months).
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Doesn’t babble (4-7 Months).
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Makes few sound (7-12 Months).
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Does not use gestures (e,g, waving, pointing) (7-12 Months).
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Doesn’t understand what other say (7 Months – 2 Years).
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Speaks only a few words (12-18Months).
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Does not pit words together to make sentences (1 .5 -2 years).
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Speaks few fewer than 50 words (2years).
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Has trouble playing and talking with other children (2-3 years).
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Has problems with early reading and writing skills-for example, may not show and interest in books or drawing (2.5-3 years).
Speech sound disorder
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Says i , c , e , g and o incorrectly in words most of the time (1-2 Years).
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Says zzzzzd , x ,Q , and u incorrectly in words most of the time (2-3 Years).
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Produces speech that is unclear, even to familiar people (2-3 Years).