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[quote=Anonymous]Definitely needs talk to the pediatrician. He will need to see some specialists and potentially have his hearing tested. Earlier intervention is better. For right now for free (this is in no way whatsoever a substitute for professional assessment): have your son and DIL watch some Ms. Rachel. She basically demos how speech therapists talk to children: lots of repetition, clear and slow speech, showing kids the shape of her mouth. Start talking to him like Ms. Rachel talks to the kids. Having a running commentary of what you're doing to the kid to really reinforce speech. Just keep talking to him. My mom was a speech therapist and she pushed parents to just constantly talk to kids about everything.[/quote]
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