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Signs that might prompt you to contact a
Speech and Language Pathologist
- Infant with little cooing or babbling, with first words occurring after 18 months.
- No words by 18 months.
- No phrases by 24 months.
- Little to no vocabulary growth between the ages of 18 months and 2 years.
- Continued use of pointing, grunting and gesturing to communicate at 2 years.
- Frustration with inability to communicate.
- The child who can say words clearly, but is unclear in phrases and sentences.
- The child who deletes sounds from words past 3 years old.
- The child who says a word several times and is unable to repeat it on command.
- Inability to recognize common objects by 12-15 months.
- Inability to follow simple directions by 12-15 months.
- Appears confused when spoken to.
- Child's dependence on speaker's gestures in order to follow directions.
- Child requires frequent repetitions of directions.
- Inability to answer simple yes/no, who, what, where questions by 2.
- Echolalia (Should be gone by age 2).
- Asking for repetitions of a command or question.
- Appears as if he/she is not paying attention.
- Poor social interaction with peers and adults.