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Speech
Questions:
- Why does my daughter answer a question with "I don't know'?
- When should my daughter start to talk?
- My son is 22 months old and says only two words. He has no interest in attempting any other language sounds and never mimics any words/phrases we use. Any advice?
- Could stuttering be a sign of a neurological problem?
- Other people have trouble understanding my 2-year-old. Should I be concerned?
- My 18-month-old nephew never utters a sound. Should I be concerned?
- My 2-year-old talked fine, then suddenly began to stutter. Should I be concerned?
- Can the use of sippy cups cause delays in speech development?
- My 2-year-old has started repeating words. Should I worry?
- My 1 and a half year old daughter loves to hum. Can this be a symptom of anything?
- My 2-year-old has a very long, flexible tongue. Should I be concerned?
- My 2-year-old will only eat pureed foods and is not speaking very much at all. Should I have him evaluated?
- Does premature birth affect speech development?
- My 2-year-old nephew does not say more than 10 words. What could be the problem?
- Can a sippy cup cause a lisp?
- Does raising bilingual toddlers delay their speech?
- My husband thinks that our 18-month-old daughter should be verbally asking for what she wants. She will point and make sounds at the things that she wants. Can you help?
- My son is 17 months old and his vocabulary consists of no more than five words. He gets mad and throws fits because he wants to communicate, but will refuse to learn if I try to teach him. Should I be concerned?
- My 2-year-old twin boys, who were born premature, are repeating tons of words and they say them clearly. However, they are not putting two words together. Should I have them evaluated?
- How can I encourage my twin toddlers to be bilingual?
- How can I help twin toddlers who refuse to speak?
- When should you start speech therapy for a 3-year-old who occasionally says "w" instead of "r" and who has a slight lisp?
- When should we be concerned that my son is not talking? He is 20 months old.
- Can play help develop speech and language skills?
- What are the signs and symptoms of Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- My son has Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Do you have any tips on how I can help him?
- What is idioglossia, or "twin language"?
- Why do some twins have trouble developing sounds or words?
- What can I do to help my twins' language develop?
- What should I do if I suspect one of my twins has a language delay?
- What is a lisp?
- What causes a lisp?
- What should I do about my child's lisp?
- My toddler uses gestures mostly to communicate. For example, he'll point if he wants his juice. How can I get him to use his words?
- My toddler is not as talkative as the other children he is around that are the same age. Why?
Do boys really talk later than girls?
- When it comes to speech issues, is there really a second, third or fourth child syndrome?
- My older daughter tends to talk for younger sister. Could this hinder her speech skills?
- How can I increase "talking time" with my toddler to work on her language skills?
- What is "modeling language"?
- What can parents do to enrich a child's language skills?
- How do I model language for my child?
- I know I'm supposed to talk, talk, talk to my toddler to help her develop her language skills. What are some ways I can do this?
- What is "self-talking"?
- What is "parallel talking"?
- I've heard the term "expanding an utterance" in regards to helping my toddler develop language skills. What does this mean?
- Sometimes my toddler will substitute or omit a word when he's talking. Is this normal?
- At what level should my 13-month-old be at in regards to speech and language skills?
- How can I provide a rich language environment for my 1-year-old?
- At what level should my 20-month-old be at in regards to speech and language skills?
- Why does my child sometimes leave out certain sounds when saying a word?
- At what level should my 2-year-old be at in regards to speech and language skills?
- What language skills will my 2-year-old start to develop over this next year?
- My toddler doesn't seem interested in sitting and reading books, just play, play and more play. How can I work on speech and language skills if he won't sit still for reading time?
- How can I model language for my toddler using "parallel talk"?
- How can I model language for my toddler using "self-talk"?
- A friend of mine told me I need to add words to my child's sentences. Why, and how do you do this?
- What are the speech milestones for 24- to 36-month-olds?
- My 2 1/2-year-old was speaking so well and advanced for his age. In the past week he has really started stuttering and at the same time batting his eyes and doing odd neck jerking. What could be causing this?
- My almost 2-year-old only says a few words, but understands everything we tell her in Hindi or English. Her pediatrician says it's a speech delay. What should I do?
- My 20-month-old is from a three-language household. Any advice?
- My 2-year-old son is very withdrawn from people. He will only speak to his father, one sister and me, and he is also struggling with an eating disorder. What should I do?
