But most kids reach
speech and language milestones by a certain age.
Not exact matches
The pathologist will do standardized tests
and look for
milestones in
speech and language development.
«Babbling is an important
milestone because it represents the beginning of real communication, when a baby starts experimenting with sounds, listening for a reaction, responding,
and building social relationships,» says
speech -
language pathologist Sherry Artemenko.
Learning a
language takes time,
and children vary in how quickly they master
milestones in
language and speech development.
They may not master the
language milestones at the same time as other children,
and it may be a sign of a
language or
speech delay or disorder.
It's helpful to be aware of typical
milestones in
speech and language development.
DR ANDREW WAKEFIELD: Well this work started just over a year ago when we were contacted by a group of mothers who complained that their children had been developing perfectly normally until they had encountered an environmental insult, in many cases they claimed it was the measles, mumps
and rubella vaccine,
and then had lost their... all their acquired skills, such as
speech,
language, developmental
milestones.