In recent years children's doctors, psychologists and logopedists note continuous growth of speech pathology at kids. Sometimes parents just do not know how the speech at children at different age normal has to develop. Or consider that these problems with pronunciation will pass by itself, and the child will speak well over time.
The general recommendations of children's experts to parents in this question are as follows: - if the child does not tell separate words in a year, it it does not matter; - if is silent in two years – it is already necessary to think and consult; - did not start talking in three years – sound the alarm, run to the neuropathologist, look for the speech pathologist, the logopedist, surely check hearing of the child. Sound pronunciation formation usually comes to an end by six years. That is, the child has to come to school, possessing the developed speech free of defects in pronunciation of sounds. The reasons of speech problems can be the biological or social nature. Organic violations result from defeat of some departments of a brain. Such children have a cerebral cortex insufficiently mature, there are deviations in the structure of bodies of ventilation, voice and respiratory systems. The reasons of such violations are injuries, intoxications, genetic diseases. The social reasons of the broken pronunciation are expressed in pedagogical neglect, a stressful situation, mental diseases, in the emotional deprivation arising at insufficiency of communication with mother and close people. The leading role for mastering the correct sound pronunciation is played by hearing. Distinction of all sounds of the native speech aurally to well already two-year-old child. By 3-4 years he already catches aurally differences between own wrong pronunciation of a sound and how his adults say. It forces the kid to tighten the pronunciation to an ideal. Therefore it is very important to child to hear the competent, correct speech of people around. Such speech contributes to the normal speech development. Parents need to try to create such conditions that the child heard the correct speech more often than defective. Also the weakness of muscles of language and lips can be the reasons of the muffled speech. The child cannot carry out them exact purposeful movements. In such cases it is necessary to do speech gymnastics, to develop fine motor skills. The short hypoglossal bridle or the high sky can be the reason of the wrong pronunciation too. All these problems need to be solved together with the logopedist, the speech pathologist, the psychologist. The earlier to be established the reason, rather an exit from this difficult situation will be found. The arrest of development of the speech does not allow the child to communicate fully with peers, worsens an emotional and mental state. Experts will help to define the reason of a speech underdevelopment, will prompt what to pay attention at daily communication with the kid to.