Delay in speaking – causes and
remedy
Many fathers and mothers eagerly
wait to hear the first word
uttered by the child (Baba… Mama….). Then after that they
eagerly wait for the child to start speaking in full sentences.
But there are some children who suffer from the problem of
delayed speech; we may find a child who does not say his first
word until his third or fourth year.
That
may be due to several causes, such as the following:
1. Weak or impaired hearing. This is the main cause for speech
problems in children, and the extent of this problem depends on
the severity of hearing loss and when it occurred. There are some
children who have no hearing
or impaired hearing from birth, and
there are some who lose their hearing after acquiring a lot of
language skills.
2. Low mental ability; children who have a low level of
intelligence suffer from a delay in language
and find it difficult to
speak early. The severity of language delay is greater in children
who have an intellectual disability. This group has a clear
weakness in acquiring language skills and their linguistic
development is slow.
3. Abnormalities in
the faculties used in speech, such as the
tongue or vocal chords.
4. Feelings of insecurity in the child because he does not get
enough love and care.
5. Children who are raised by servants and nannies, especially
those who do not speak the mother tongue
at all or who speak it
incorrectly. Thus the child falls victim to his parents being too
busy to care for the child and their relying on nannies and
servants.
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