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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I don't agree with the way that poster words her hypothesis, I think she has a point.

Example: Little Sally has a nanny who speaks mostly Spanish, but a little broken English. Adults cannot understand Sally's nanny when the nanny speaks English -- the accent is too thick and the English is too broken. Nanny speaks mostly in broken English to Sally, with a little Spanish mixed in. 
In this case, I can see how it could definitely contribute to Sally having speech therapy down the road.

This is NOT the same situation as you linked to OP. [/quote]

In this case, "little Sally's" problem not of having a nanny who does not speak English, it is having parents who are so absent that her primary source of language acquisition is from her nanny. [/quote]
If it turns out that little Sally does need speech therapy, why do you suppose that might be?
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Kids might need speech-language therapy for a variety of reasons, including:

hearing impairments
cognitive (intellectual, thinking) or other developmental delays
weak oral muscles
excessive drooling
chronic hoarseness
birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate
autism
motor planning problems
respiratory problems (breathing disorders)
feeding and swallowing disorders
traumatic brain injury[/quote]

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