Guest guest Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 If I recall correctly, 's speech evaluation report identified two aspects of speech -- cognitive and expressive. At 3 yrs 3 months, her cognitive was 5 and 1/2 yrs old, and her expressive was something like 2 yrs even. HUGE difference between cogntive and expressive, and still very delayed for her chronological age. Most RSS children who have speech articulation issues (different from other types) do not improve much without speech therapy. With one year of intensive (twice a week private) speech therapy, and practicing tons at home, her expressive improved to chronological age. However, 5 years later, she is STILL in speech therapy. She continues to lag in expressive -- primarily in oral muscular issues. Her single-word utterances are fine (so the school would normally find her " normal " in testing). But her teachers complained that in conversations, no one could understand her. So they private tested her again, and it turns out in conversation, she drops off ends of words. Again, probably muscular related. Speech private once a week, school twice a week, and she is definitely improving. Maybe someday we'll be done. She is now 9 yrs 2 months, and gifted academically, so speech articulation doesn't impact there! Jenn > For those of you with children who had trouble with speech developement: > > When did they start to speak almost completely intelligibly to the general > public? > What type of speech delay did speech therapists say they had (apraxia, > etc) ? > > Thanks > > S. Solis > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 I'm not sure if your child is g-tube fed or not, but with Colin we were told his delays were because of that. Since he was not using his mouth to eat, his oral muscles were slow to develop and it affected his speech articulation. He was in therapy through early intervention from 1.5 years until 4 years and now speaks very clearly. His twin sister (non RSS) had severe speech delays due to enlarged tonsils and adenoids. Once they were removed her speech improved dramatically within 6 weeks. So maybe this is something to check out as well. Colin (RSS, gtube) and Hayden - 4 years 3 mo. Grant - 14.5 months > For those of you with children who had trouble with speech developement: > > When did they start to speak almost completely intelligibly to the general > public? > What type of speech delay did speech therapists say they had (apraxia, > etc) ? > > Thanks > > S. Solis > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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