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What is speech delay & speech therapy? - Dr. Namrata Pai

When a child is not talking appropriate to age, then it can be called as speech delay. It can be measured by the quantity of speech or the quality of speech. Coming to the quantity of speech, if child is not speaking for more than 50 words by the age of 2, then there is a decrease in the quantity of speech and that is when we should refer the child to a speech language pathologist so that the reason can be probed into. But even if the child is a boy or a girl, irrespective of gender, that is either the father or the mother spoke late, then also the child should speak more than 50 words by the age of 2. If you are looking at a younger age group, then if the child is not using enough gestures. Gestures means if a child is not shaking his head for a “no” or cannot nod his head for a “yes” or maybe he even doesn’t point out things, then the child is said to have a speech delay. What is speech therapy? Speech therapy is noninvasive and there is no medicine used here. It is basically a behavioral treatment where the therapist builds a bond with the child and this is done by books, play and toys and the child has fun doing it and the therapist fosters communication development for the child. A lot of time, the parent needs to be involved or to be present in the session.