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Speech therapy
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What is speech therapy?

Speech therapy is the science that deals with communication, speech, speech, voice, and chewing-swallowing disorders in children and adults.

When should I seek a speech therapist?
Children's development is a process of normal progression from an early and lower level of functioning to a more complex one. Although each child has his own rate of development, there are some language milestones, i.e. "indicators" which serve to highlight the level of the child's functioning. If we notice some big deviations in our child in relation to the typical indications, it would be good to visit a speech therapist, so that he can evaluate our child.

Speaking
When the child does not produce any speech when it was expected that he would have already spoken according to his age, for example he is 2.5 years old and produces only 2-5 words, or produces unintelligible speech, or in general the child's speech resembles the speech of younger children age, then a first visit with a speech therapist must be carried out to assess the situation., It is also necessary in cases where the child does not produce some speech sounds at all, such as θ, σ, ρ and replaces them with other sounds (eg telos instead of telos) or during his speech he seems to stutter and stutter, either repeating the first sound of the word t..t...what do you want?, or the first syllable of the word.

Contact
Also, if he doesn't communicate with you verbally or non-verbally at all, doesn't respond to his name, doesn't maintain eye contact and is indifferent to social interactions or doesn't understand what you say, it's a sign that you need to see a speech therapist.
Speech: expressive speech, that is, the way in which we express information. There we place the person's difficulties in saying or writing their ideas and thoughts