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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks PP... very true. I have seen improvements since we started speech therapy 3 months ago and I knew it will only get better with time and therapy. I think just was so blown when the eye contact thing was mentioned. I never really thought about it and how it affects communication and speech. It seems so like it is never going to get better some times and it just made me so so sad. And then... I start googling which is horrible.[/quote] Kids with speech problems often have poor eye contact. If processing speech is difficult, they will look away from faces to listen or to talk. It lightens the cognitive load. Instead of analysing faces and verbal speech, they just listen to the speech. It's a coping mechanism. It should improve on its own as your child's speech improves. If it doesn't, your child can be taught how to do it later. It shouldn't be a primary treatment goal at this point. [/quote]
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