Re: What does this sound like to you?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Do you think he is apraxic b/c he isn't really talking yet or because

he has seemed to have lost some sounds that he had? I am just another

Mom so I really cannot tell you one way or another. However it is

great that you are looking into it. Apraxia carries so many different

characteristics and some kids have 1 and others may have all! My son

for example now that he is verbalizing once he says a word, he

doesn't forget it. This apparently is inconsistent with verbal

apraxia. However when he starts stringing words together, a whole

other story!!! He also has oral apraxia, couldn't blow or move his

tongue around. This seem to be subsiding. I have read that verbal

apraxia is hard to diagnose before 2 but oral apraxia can be done as

early as 18 months. You are saying he blows and can lick. Can he

stick his tongue out or move it around his mouth from left to right,

touch his upper lip?

My suggestion would be to contact Early Intervention and have them

evaluate him as well. They do a whole series of tests, speech, fine

motor, gross motor, cognitive and social. May be others but I cannot

recall. It may take awhile to get the ball rolling so I personally

don't think he is too young to at least get some opinions.

Perhaps you want to take the results to a developmental pediatrician

or your regular pediatrician.

ALso check out the bookmarks section and there is a post re: oral

motor therapy from an old post.

Good luck.

denise

--- In @y..., " lauracorin2001 " <lauracorin@i...>

wrote:

> I've read the descriptions on the Cherab website of Apraxia but I

> can't get them to match with my younger child. Mouse is 19 months

> and has three words: mum (for yum) wow and daddya (for Daddy). He

> has had these for several months and nothing more has developed.

He

> used to say mmmmm (for Moo) but has stopped doing that. He only

says

> daddya when he has heard it recently. He sometimes comes up with

> other animal sounds but they are different every time. Mostly he

> just says 'dahe' (all day, every minute!). He does sometimes

babble

> other sounds (da, ba, ya, ha, ma) but seems to babble less than

when

> he was younger - the 'dahe' sound seems to have taken over all the

> other sounds.

>

> We saw a speech therapist on Friday (who came highly recommended).

> She has told me to work on sounds with him (choo choo, vroom vroom,

> siren noises, animal noises) and to repeat back to him the sounds

he

> makes, to encourage him. She will see him again in two months and

> decide where to go from there. He has no problems with chewing,

> licking or blowing and he does not drool excessively. His hearing

is

> fine and he understands what we say. He has one expressive sign

but

> otherwise just points and cries. Oh, his older brother has SID but

> it affects his gross and fine motor skills, not speech.

>

> I'd appreciate any advice you may have as to what's going on and

what

> I should be doing.

>

>

[Guest guest]

--- In @y..., " DMon98 " <dmharrison98@y...>

wrote:

> Hi ,

>

> Do you think he is apraxic b/c he isn't really talking yet or

because

> he has seemed to have lost some sounds that he had?

I really don't know what to think - I'm just finding my way.

You are saying he blows and can lick. Can he

> stick his tongue out or move it around his mouth from left to

right,

> touch his upper lip?

Yes, he can do all that.

> My suggestion would be to contact Early Intervention and have them

> evaluate him as well.

I'd love to but I don't live in the States so I'm having to feel my

way. My doctor is concerned that we keep on this (we all missed the

signs of older DS' SID, so he doesn't want to be caught again!)

>

> ALso check out the bookmarks section and there is a post re: oral

> motor therapy from an old post.

Thank you,

[Guest guest]

If your older child has SID, does that child have an occupational

therapist? The OT may be able to diagnose a problem also.

Good luck!

Suzi

> > Hi ,

> >

> > Do you think he is apraxic b/c he isn't really talking yet or

> because

> > he has seemed to have lost some sounds that he had?

>

> I really don't know what to think - I'm just finding my way.

>

> You are saying he blows and can lick. Can he

> > stick his tongue out or move it around his mouth from left to

> right,

> > touch his upper lip?

>

> Yes, he can do all that.

>

> > My suggestion would be to contact Early Intervention and have

them

> > evaluate him as well.

>

> I'd love to but I don't live in the States so I'm having to feel

my

> way. My doctor is concerned that we keep on this (we all missed

the

> signs of older DS' SID, so he doesn't want to be caught again!)

>

> >

> > ALso check out the bookmarks section and there is a post re:

oral

> > motor therapy from an old post.

>

> Thank you,