Causes of language retardation Language retardation refers to the fact that children's oral expression ability or language understanding ability is obviously behind the normal development level of children of the same age due to various reasons. Mental retardation, hearing impairment, diseases of articulation organs, diseases of central nervous system and bad language environment are all common causes of children's language development retardation.
If you find that your child has language retardation, you should try your best to find the reason. If children's language development is obviously slow without the above clear reasons, it is called idiopathic language development disorder or developmental language delay.
Usually, language retardation is accompanied by other problems, such as craniocerebral injury, mental retardation, hearing impairment or deafness, emotional distress and motor dysfunction of respiratory organs and vocal organs. Therefore, when checking, try to determine the cause of the child's language retardation. Different reasons lead to different language interventions.
Symptoms of language retardation
Slight and temporary language delay will be reflected in some children. Some children learn languages faster than others, while others do not. If your child has not learned to speak after 18 months, or can't speak 50 words by the time he is one year old, you should consult a doctor. Because all children diagnosed with language retardation need to have a hearing test.
Correct judgment of language delay
Judging whether a child has language retardation must also be combined with his physiological age. Generally, normal children begin to speak at the age of 65,438+0, which is called "mom and dad", but children with language retardation may not begin to speak until they are two years old, and some even cannot speak at all until they are four or five years old. For preschool children, even if they have the above-mentioned language symptoms and are slow to respond, it is best to send them to a special institution for examination.