delayed speech
Slow language development
Delayed speech describes language development that occurs later than typical milestones in children.
A child with delayed speech may not babble, form words, or construct sentences at expected ages.
The term appears in pediatric and educational contexts: The doctor noted delayed speech and referred us to a specialist.
Delayed speech has various causes, from hearing problems to developmental conditions, and often improves with early intervention.
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- language developmentGaining communication abilities over time
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- developmental milestoneExpected childhood achievement point
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
early intervention · nonverbal · sign language · babbling · late talker · wait and see · words · communication · first words · frustration · gestures · autism · hearing · developmental · articulation · comprehension · preschool · evaluation
- Neurodiversityautism spectrum, ASD, neurodivergence, neurotypical, spectrum
- speech therapySLP, voice therapy, stuttering, apraxia, dysarthria
- accommodationsextra time, double time, time and a half, breaks, rest breaks
- speech disordersstuttering, stammering, stammer, dysarthria, lisp
- neurodevelopmentneural tube, neurogenesis, neuroblast, neuroblasts, neural tube defects