Questions

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Hello! I am new to the group and not sure whether my child has an expressive

speech delay, oral or verbal apraxia, or hypotonia. I will try to describe

everything about him the best that I can and if you have any input for me I

would greatly appreciate it. My son is 19 months old and is saying very

little that is understandable. I started talking wihen I was 16 months old

so I did not become terribly concerned until then. At that time, I had a

speech evaluation done and his diagnosis was a mild expressive delay and

above average receptive language. However, he has some of the symptoms that

I have heard described by you so I want to make sure I have the correct

diagnosis and as early as possible. He drools excessively to the point that

his shirt is usually wet within 10 minutes of changing. He also has

difficulty blowing bubbles or candles. He has had normal eating habits

though.except for over stuffing his mouth. My hunch is that he has low

muscle tone in his mouth which makes it difficult for him to form even the

easiest of sounds like moo and ma. He is not doing any m or b sounds on a

regular basis but lots of d's. If you can help, I'd gladly listen and do

whatever I can to help my little boy.