Common speech problems during childhood and their causes
disorder. These are as follows:-
- If the child cannot hear, she will not be able to produce the various sounds.
- There could be a problem with the child’s vocal apparatus, i.e. the nasal passage, tongue, vocal cords, larynx etc. or brain damage and this could hampet sound production.
- An emotional problem may interfere with the child’s ability to understand language or to speak it.
The child may need surgical treatment, hearing aids, speech therapy and/or help for her emotional problems.
The common problems noticed in the childhood years are difficulty in articulation or pronouncing a particular sound or combination of sounds, long after others of the same age P have mastered then, and stuttering or stammering. Delay in achieving milestones can also be a problem. Let us look at these to find out what