Suggest Treatment For Delayed Speech In A Child

Posted on Thu, 15 May 2014

Question: my daughter is already 5 years old . she can speak a few words like alphabet she can memorized it and she can also count until 10 the problem its too hard for to speak two words . me i know the best thing that i can do for here. It's not easy for me to think that i cant help for her problem because I'm so far my daughter is in the Philippines and im working here in Canada as a Temporary worker.

Answered by Dr. Prashant Mahajan (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
hi,your daughter needs evaluation

Detailed Answer:
Welcome to healthcaremagic. It is important to know whether other milestone are normal or delayed.
Since your daughter hasn't developed proper speech by 5 years she should evaluated for
.hearing problem (BERA TEST )
.THYROID FUNCTION TEST
.VIT B12 LEVELS
.SOS MRI
Simultaneously speech therapy should be started.Till then you speak with her in one language only and in full sentences.Keep speaking with her continuously about various topics even though she might not understand it.This will improve her vocabulary.
Hope my answer was of help to you
Best regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Prashant Mahajan (6 hours later)

My daughter had an already MRI test . Just a normal result. The reason why she's going an operation of her tongue tie maybee she can speech continuesly . After the operation in a couple of months until now she can speak minimal two word's. But I want to make it sure that she can speak well.

Answered by Dr. Prashant Mahajan (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
give speech therapy

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
You can give her speech therapy which will improve her quality of speech dramatically. Till that time all the people in family should speak with her in full complete sentences.

Best regards,

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T