4.5 year old still hard to understand
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Anonymous
| Is this normal? She still can't pronounce s sounds (they come out like n sounds) and other sounds. I sometimes have difficulty, and I generally have to interpret about a quarter of what she says when she talks to others. I read it can take until they are 5 to develop the s sound, but I haven't seen this in other kids her age. Not to compare, just an observation. Curious if anyone else has experienced this and, if so, did it self-correct? |
Anonymous
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My son was on the later side of developing the various sounds and it did self correct.
Do you have to interpret for people who spends lot of time around young kids like teachers? Or just random adults? If you have to interpret for adults who spend a lot of tine around little kids when she speaks unmasked, you should get it checked out. |
Anonymous
| Maybe look into speech therapy. |
Anonymous
| OP here, thanks! That's a good point, I only need to interpret for people who aren't around a lot of kids. Teachers don't seem to have a problem. |
Anonymous
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Is there any harm in intervening now vs. waiting?
I have a couple friends who were told to wait, and their kids are still struggling at 8. They can make the right noises now, but when they're tired or frustrated they relapse, and sometimes they're too lazy to try hard enough to make the right sounds. |
Anonymous
| We are in a similar position, but with K and G sounds mostly (plus sh, th, and r but those often come later). We started therapy recently because we didn't want to start kindergarten with her being unintelligible. |
Anonymous
OP here, has the therapy been helpful? If so, are you willing to share who you are using? |
Anonymous
| My nephew is like this and has been receiving speech therapy for years which has helped. He’s now 6 and much easier to understand. |