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"We can start when they’re a year old or as soon as the hole in the roof of the mouth is repaired.” Gottlieb said. Other articulation problems can be attacked as early as three although he noted that most disfunctions aren’t addressed until children enter school.
Sid explained articulation as problems with making sounds — “lellow” for ‘"yellow.” “wabbit” for "rabbit.” “banilla” for "vanilla.” Emphasis in treatment is on teaching a youngster to coordinate tongue, voice box and lips properly.
Language problems fall into a second category. “That’s when they can make the proper speech sounds but their brain was never taught grammar.” Gottlieb said, citing as an example the child who announces “Me go Culpeper." Early intervention is important with this type of speech difficulty. “By four years old. a normal child has learned SO percent of* all the grammar he or she will ever know.” reported Gottlieb. During those first four years, body systems are geared to absorb language. That's why people who learn a second language later in life always carry an accent from their native tongue. And it's why serious grammar and syntax errors are so much more difficult to correct past age four—the body’s language learning apparatus is past its peak. Gottlieb said.
Voice problems are in a third category. Kids often abuse their voices by screaming so much that nodules grow on their vocal chords, according to Sid. These nodules alter voice quality. Sometimes corrective surgery is required but in many cases, a speech pathologist can bring down the pitch of a high vocie. reduce volume or eliminate raspiness without medical intervention. Gottlieb was quick to add. however, that a chronically hoarse voice can be a warning sign of cancer and should ALWAYS be checked by a physician.
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The most common speech problem is fluency, specifically stuttering. According to Gottlieb. SO percent of all children go through a stuttering stage before five years of age. “Speech requires complex coordination of breathing, voice box. articulators (teeth, tongue, lips), and messages from the brain. It’s not surprising that a child will sputter a little.” Gottlieb maintained.
The vast majority of youngsters—90 percent and more—overcome childhood stuttering spontaneously. When the problem doesn’t go away, it’s often the result of
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