Language development begins at birth and continues throughout life. Humans are born with the biological ability to learn and use language. The social and cultural environments in which the child lives also affect speech.
Babies have critical periods of language development. From the babbling period to the fluent and comfortable speaking period, the child's comprehension and speaking skills should be followed. It is expected that speech will become intelligible and used in long sentences until approximately 3 years of age. However, each child is unique and the development process will not be the same.
A role model (parent...) is needed for the development of language development. In this regard, parents should communicate with their children from infancy. When he completes the speaking period and comes to the word stage, the objects should be pronounced and introduced correctly. Wrong words said by the child should be corrected by the adults. Some children prefer to use body language instead of talking. Making the object pointed by the child, who wants to communicate with body language, ready without saying its name, affects the child's speech negatively.
Some Causes of Delayed Speech?
- Genetic factors
- Hearing loss
- Autism
- Premature birth
- Sublingual ligament, cleft palate-lip
- Psychosocial deficiency
- Psychological causes
- Mental retardation
- Trauma
- Not giving the child the opportunity to speak
What Should Be Done to Develop Speech?
First of all, set the environment and time you will spend time with your child. Make her feel cared for and loved. Be a good listener and make eye contact. Remember that your child is modeling you. Correct the wrong words by repeating them. Use short sentences while talking to your child. Avoid misunderstanding. Talk to your child at every opportunity and give him the opportunity to express himself. Tell age-appropriate visual-heavy tales and stories. Provide information about the object that caught your attention. Get them to play with their peers. Keep away from television, play games together (puzzle-lego-educational games) instead of digital games such as computer-tablet-phone. ar etc.). Sing children's songs together with your child.
If you think that your child's speech is late compared to his peers, don't be fooled by the idea that "his father also spoke late, and so-and-so's child speaks like this, and he/she speaks in time". In the development of children with delayed speech, vocabulary, grammar and reading perception are lower than their peers. For this reason, we say Every Child is Unique and we recommend that you seek expert help in order not to be late in delayed speech with early intervention.
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