Speech vs Language Delay or Disorder

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Speech vs Language
Speech is a part of language, it’s the sounds we make that we use to communicate. When a child/person has a speech disorder, it means that there are errors in speech sounds. It might be that there’s a difficulty in producing /s/ sounds. For example, a child named “Staci” would be pronounced [teiti] if the /s/ sound was a problem.
Language on the other hand is the message that we’re trying to convey. It isn’t limited to speaking, it could be a hand gesture, eye contact, a facial expression, or anything. As long as there’s the content we want to tell others, that’s the language. Of course, language is a lot more sophisticated than that. We need to learn vocabulary, how to string sentences in an appropriate way, and make sure the grammar makes sense.
If a child doesn’t have a language problem and only has a speech impediment. His/her utterances can sound funny but still understandable because the sentence is correct.
Delay vs Disorder
A delay means that the child has been developing in the typical sequence but not all caught up with his/her peers. When do we call it a delay? Well, typically when a child is falling behind 6 months. A disorder is when a child’s development is atypical and does not follow the developmental milestones. That means, a child can know how to speak in some sentences but doesn’t have the ability to comprehend simple commands.
Nowadays, therapists are shying away from using the word “delay” because it infers that the child will catch up. Professionals are wary of what labels suggest and try to play it safe. That’s why the word “impediment” is starting to gain traction.
Why Does it Matter?
Diagnosis matters when it comes to getting the appropriate therapy. It’s a tool for professionals to see and have an educated guess about how the child is like based on the report. For parents, it’s rather confusing and surely would require a trained person to explain what the diagnosis means
However, a language delay, disorder, or impediment is rather straightforward to treat. The therapist would find what is lacking in the child’s language profile and teach that particular skill.
Whereas speech problems, the diagnosis is important. Because there is a reason why certain speech sounds cannot be produced. For example, if a child cannot put his/her tongue up then it would be difficult to produce the /L/ sounds. That’s why the speech diagnosis actually changes the treatment. Again, leave this to a professional to help you with this.

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[@jlgarfias81]

Hello, I have a 13 year old who says and does things the opposite. Like she tries to put the right shoe on the left foot first or will look to the right if you tell her something is on the left. Even answers questions like saying yes if she means to say no. Or will say the remote is under the table instead of on top. She’s been doing this since she was little. Not sure if this is her not paying attention or if it is something. She also doesn’t look at you when talking and won’t look at a camera when taking pictures. She has trouble saying words with a R sound like pearl or world. How can I help her with the R sounds. Thank you and sorry this comment is so long.

[@AgentsofSpeech]

the R sound is a challenging sound to teach, there are some great tutorials here on KZbin. We dont have any videos on specific speech sounds at the moment.

[@fatimamomtaz9920]

My son is 3.6years old .he can talk abc, colours name, fruit name, and family members names and some kinds of objects name.he cando tow words sentence like taking water , eating pizza.like this but he didn't answer when we call his name.and don't give answer when we asked. What can i do ?is it a problem.

[@teachermade766]

What's the difference between stuttering and stammering in children that's video I would like to see. A lot of parents think that they child needs speech because they had a stuttering problem when sometimes that isn't the case.

[@AgentsofSpeech]

Stutter and stammer is referring to the same thing. What you mean is developmental dysfluency vs stuttering. In your situation, refer that child to a speech therapist, because only a thorough assessment can determine the which one it is.

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How can i help a child diagnosed with reseptive and expressive language delay at home please help me

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In Speech delay can the child also lack in receptive language? My child has started speaking within 3 months..I think he had speech delay.

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then your child has speech AND language delay then

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