The vocalized form of human communication.
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How do we stop our child screeching?
Our 3 1/2 month old has just learned how to make an ear-piercing screech, which appears to either mean "happy" or "tired and grumpy".
How can we dissuade her from making this noise, without ...
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How can we teach a toddler to use first person and second person point of view in speech?
My 2y5m old daughter speaks rather well for her age, but she keeps using 3rd person in almost every situation. Whether she speaks about herself or people she addresses to, she uses third person: not ...
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How should we address stuttering in a toddler?
My 2.5 year old has recently developed what can be best described as a stutter.
It only seems to occur with us, and mostly when asking a question ("Wh, wh, wh, wh, what's that Daddy?). It's ...
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How can you communicate with a child that refuses to talk?
I have a four year old son who has slight autism. Up until now he has babbled but never used any words associated with anything. We try to encourage him to talk by talking with him a lot, and we have ...
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What does it mean to “say a few words”?
I have a 17-month-old who isn't talking yet. Our pediatrician says that if he isn't talking by 18 months then they'll do a hearing test. But that can't possibly be the problem since we know he ...
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How important is the pronunciation of a toddler's first words?
My 11 month old son has started to talk. He currently has a two-word vocabulary: "uh-oh", and "balloon".
He clearly understands the meaning of the word balloon, and uses it appropriately (his use of ...
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12 month old doesn't understand what we say
My LO will be 12 months old next week, he was born 6 weeks prematurely. My concern is that he doesn't seem to understand what anyone of us says. He does look when I say "look" and he does respond to ...
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What's the best way to fix a toddler's mispronunciations?
My friend's son loves dinosaurs. He'll show me a toy or a picture of one, and say "dinosaur-ous!"
My child is rapidly approaching speech, and I was wondering if it is better to point out errors like ...
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Should I be concerned that my 3 year old is not able to pronounce an 'r' sound?
My daughter is turning 3 this December, she goes to pre-school with other kids who speak totally different languages. We're from a remote part of India, thus she shares her mother-tongue with no one ...
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Should I be concerned that my 10 month old toddler still doesn't know how to pronouce words but just says “er…er…er…” instead?
I think by the age of 8-10 months, toddlers are able to pronounce simple sound like "mama", "baba", "papa" etc, though they might not know what the meaning is.
However, my 10-month-old daughter just ...
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Moving to a foreign country with a 2.5 years old child
My wife and I are moving to a foreign country with our 30 months old daughter. The country we are moving to speaks a different language (German-we speak Italian) which my wife and I understand and ...
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Can Not Speaking Be Due To Just Plain Refusing To Speak?
I have a 20 month old who quite clearly understands spoken language and commands. He communicates with pointing, shaking his head for yes and no, and he says, "da" (his one and only word) which does ...
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When is the age to start addressing/diagnosing speech impedements?
Both my nephews seem to have speech issues. The 8 year old has major trouble with Rs and is often not understandable. The 3 year old has problems in general so much so that my 3 and 4 year olds ...
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those babies who start walking early, will start talking late?
our baby girl 550 days old but can't speak like another baby girl that 400 days old.
we are worry about this. my baby girl understand anything but when she want to speak , she Screams.
she start to ...
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Toddler has trouble saying the letter “L”
I am not sure if it is just my kid or the letter "L", but my toddler can't seem to say the letter "L". I try to help him out and show with my mouth how to pronounce it, but he will say stuff like ...
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When should I start to be concerned about stammering or stuttering?
My 27 month old son started talking fairly early, and is very enthusiastic about it.
He talks constantly.
However, he does stammer a lot, and stutters on some words.
Most commonly, he'll have ...
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Can learning sign language be harmful for babies' speech development? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does using sign language really accelerate a child's ability to speak?
I am considering teaching my 8-month-old sign language, and I can't sneeze without finding ...
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Should we see a Speech Development Specialist?
My child is 2.9 years old. He is very active and restless. He understands everything but can't respond with even a word. He can say just 1 or two words, such as water, car, toy, give me, etc. After ...
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Do babies who watch TV start speaking late?
Our baby girl just less than two years old but she can't speak like another babies of the same age.
We are not worried about this, but we have question. My baby girl understand anything but when she ...
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Teaching K and G sounds
K and G are the consonants in most western languages that are hardest to learn how to say. What ways can I help my kid(s) to learn how to pronounce these sounds?
