Overview

Language delay is a type of communication disorder. A child may have a language delay if he/she doesn’t meet the language developmental milestones for their age. Their language skills might be developing at a slower rate. Their delay may involve a combination of hearings speech and cognitive impairments.

Cause

A delay in these skills can happen for many reasons including

• Problem with a child’s tongue or hard palate, mouth which makes it hard to form sounds and words.
• Hearing Loss.
• A learning disability.
• Developmental disorders such as Cerebral Palsy, ASD.

Symptoms

• Not babbling by the age of 15 months.
• Not talking by the age of 2 years.
• An inability to speak in short sentences by the age of 3 years.
• Difficulty in following directions/commands.
• Poor pronunciation or articulation.
• Difficulty putting words together in a sentence.
• Leaving words out of a sentence.

Treatment plan

• Speech Therapy