It is an important question that parents usually ask. As early therapy is associated with better outcomes, if parents know that their child needs speech therapy, they can take action on right time.
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Mild delay in child speech is often common i.e some children takes more time comparing to other. Often reason for such mild delay is social isolation of child i.e children with siblings or in joint families have better chances to learn new words.
If child does not speak or taking exceptionally long time to speak its better to evaluate child for speech issues. We at Hope center for speech therapy and autism offers free speech assessment of children or all ages. Some of the common signs of speech issues are child is not developing speech i.e speak less words comparing to children of his/her age. such child often prefer to use sign language eg. pointing finger to something they need instead of asking verbally. Some children have stuttering issues. Some children might be non verbal at all.
There are various causes of speech issues among children. There could be some medical conditions eg. hearing problem i.e children who are unable to hear voices are unable to learn speak new words. Child speech delay might be associated with autism. Children might be having speech delay due to no specific reason eg. living in small isolated families, excessive screen time etc.
Your speech therapist can give you good idea of cause behind speech issues of child. Speech therapist conduct session with child to observe its speech and behavior and also based on your feedback they can pin point cause of speech issues. They can send child for medical evaluation if suspect some medical issue is causing speech problems.
A speech therapist may recommend speech therapy or other relevant therapies for child. Speech therapist may tell you possible outcomes of therapies. Hope center for speech therapy and autism have speech therapy clinic in Jalandhar located as follows. You can get in touch with us for free speech assessment of child
Hope center for Speech therapy and Autism
Building No.327, opposite to bath and bedi hospital, near bus stand, Mota Singh Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab 144022
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