speech delays
Slow language development
Speech delays refer to when a child's spoken language develops more slowly than typical milestones suggest.
A toddler with speech delays might have a limited vocabulary or struggle to form sentences that peers produce easily.
The term is clinical but common among parents and pediatricians: The doctor recommended therapy for his speech delays.
Delays may resolve with intervention or indicate underlying conditions.
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- wordsUnits of language
therapy · developmental · early signs · red flags · communication · first words · late bloomer · wait and see · comprehension · vocabulary · pronunciation · articulation · stuttering · nonverbal · gestures · frustration · evaluation · pediatrician
- Child Healthcheckups, immunizations, vaccinations, well-child visits, growth charts
- pediatricspediatrician, pediatricians, pediatrics, pediatric care, well-child visit
- child psychologychild therapy, play therapy, pediatric therapy, developmental milestones, childhood anxiety
- Childhood Conditionsasthma, diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy
- speech therapySLP, voice therapy, stuttering, apraxia, dysarthria
- attachment traumaattachment disorder, attachment issues, insecure attachment, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment
speech delaysverbal fluency
Skill in speaking smoothly
eloquence · language proficiency · clear articulation · language mastery · talkativeness
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