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Speech Delay or Apraxia??

There are some big differences in a child that has delayed speech or has apraxia. As the parent of three children, two of which who have speech issues, I would like to share my observations of the difference of a speech delayed child and a child with apraxia. Although both of them did not say many words at the time of their second birthdays, they had some major differences in the way they acquired language.

Get Apraxia Explained My daughter with apraxia could best be described as “consistently inconsistent”. As she grew, one day she could say certain words, the next day she couldn’t. She said “hi” for quite awhile,(her only word at age twenty-four months) and then she stopped saying it. Her speech did not grow in a normal pattern. She generally said partial words, such as “ju” for juice. At age three she said about thirty partial words. She really didn’t begin to speak until age four. She also had issues with not having the ability to blow out her birthday candles, and singing was very difficult for her as she had trouble with fluency. If we asked her to repeat a word she simply couldn't do it.

My son at age two also didn’t talk. We had him tested by a speech therapist who determined his language was approximately ten months delayed. He began speech therapy and acquired language in the normal way, however it was just slower than average. He experienced a “language explosion” which is something my daughter with apraxia never did. He was able to repeat words and consistently label items. By age thirty months his speech was retested to be only three months behind.

My son most likely would have talked without speech therapy, however after everything we had been through with my daughter we felt it would be best to have his language evaluated. My daughter would not have spoken normally without proper intervention and would have had difficulty communicating her entire life.

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