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[quote=Anonymous]9 months seems young to identify a speech delay but it can’t hurt to have an eval. DS was severely speech delayed and we weren’t even referred until 18 months. By the time we got an appointment with MoCo infants and toddlers DS was 20 months. Then even though he had only a few of the most basic sounds they tried to turn us away after the eval. I begged and they begrudgingly agreed to take him. Unfortunately, we wasted a lot of time as they didn’t want to acknowledge he had CAS. Generally they don’t diagnose CAS until age 3 but private therapists who are trained in it will at least treat it based on suspicion. Thankfully an SLP we knew called our attention to the possible diagnosis so we sought private therapy and didn’t wait until 3. I second the recommendation for the hearing test. Even if a child has normal hearing at birth, hearing loss can occur at any time.

If your county/city agency won’t take him, start calling private SLPs. Another route is to speak to a developmental pediatrician. [/quote]

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