Children can't talk at the age of two. Is it normal or abnormal? Do you want to see a doctor? Are children who speak late "stupid" than those who speak early? Parents often ask such questions in clinical work.
At what age do you speak "late"?
Children's language development has certain rules. Generally speaking, the first sound a child makes is crying. More than a month after birth, different vowels (ι, o, etc. ) and consonants (b, t, etc. ) can be made separately due to different mouth shapes. From 6 to 7 months, children will unconsciously call their parents; At the age of one, the first understandable languages began to appear, such as simple words such as lights and candy; By the age of two, you can say about 300 ~ 400 words and some simple phrases, such as eating and going to work. Of course, every child's language development has individual differences, some early and some late, but if the child is still unable to speak or has no communicative language at the age of two, he must be taken to the hospital.
Speaking late may be a sign of illness.
Children's language retardation may be caused by various abnormal diseases. Common diseases include:
Hearing impairment includes total deafness and partial deafness, and the reasons are both congenital and acquired.
1 ~ 2 years old is an important stage of infant language development. If the hearing is impaired at this stage, the child will not get any language stimulation, which will definitely lead to language development disorder and even deafness. Generally speaking, congenital hearing loss is easy to be noticed by parents, but there are still many parents who want to take their children to the hospital for examination. It is not until the children are two or three years old or even five or six years old that they find that they can't speak or speak clearly. But at that time, the best treatment period has often passed, and even if they wear hearing AIDS, the effect of learning languages is not ideal.
Therefore, parents should be reminded to pay attention to their children's hearing. If it is a newborn baby, you can ring the bell where he can't see it to see if he responds and whether his head turns with the bell. If there is no response at all, you should consider seeing a specialist. There are also some children whose hearing is normal at birth, but later their hearing is impaired due to illness or ototoxic drugs (such as gentamicin), so we should also pay attention to older babies. If you find that your child doesn't respond to loud sounds, or won't be afraid or cry, call his name in an invisible place, or ask him to do some simple actions (such as nodding, shaking his head, stamping his feet, waving, etc.). ), he should be vigilant.
Mental retardation refers to a group of diseases in which intelligence is obviously lower than the average level of children of the same age in the development process, and at the same time, it is accompanied by some behavioral disorders.
There are many reasons for mental retardation, some of which are caused by congenital factors, such as hereditary metabolic diseases, congenital malformation, prenatal maternal virus infection and so on. There are also acquired environmental factors, such as asphyxia at birth, cerebral hypoxia and ischemia, brain trauma, brain tumors and so on. Educational factors are also important causes of mental retardation, such as poor education, environmental deprivation and emotional deprivation.
Children with severe mental retardation are often accompanied by other abnormalities, such as facial and posture abnormalities (children with congenital stupidity have wide eye distance, squint eyes, nose and mouth collapse, drooling and so on). ), slow exercise, feeding difficulties, etc. Language retardation is only one of the manifestations, so it can attract parents' attention earlier. However, some children with mild mental retardation may have hidden symptoms, such as inactivity, apathy and feeding difficulties, which are easily overlooked. For parents, if they find that their children can't pronounce purposefully at the age of two, or just scream aimlessly, they should take their children to see a doctor in time.
The word autism may not be familiar to many parents, but in recent years, more and more children come to see a doctor because of autism.
Autism, also known as autism, is a developmental disorder of the nervous system. As the name implies, some people think that autism is that the family environment is too closed and there is no communication, which leads to children's withdrawal and introversion. This statement has been proved to be insufficient in science. At present, it is believed that the cause of autism may be related to genes and heredity.
Children with autism often have obvious abnormalities in their early behavior, such as liking to play alone, lacking eye contact with others and even their parents, not being afraid of strangers and lacking attachment to their parents. But the first thing parents notice is often the child's language problem, that is, he can't speak. Parents are well aware that their children's hearing is normal, but the children just don't talk and "listen but don't hear" their parents' instructions. Other autistic children can speak, but it is often repetitive language, parrot-like language, talking to themselves, or "alien language" that no one can understand at all, and there is little active language for communication. For example, he can recite Tang poems in long paragraphs, but he can't say such simple words as "Mom, I want to drink water". Some people vividly describe the characteristics of autistic children in language development: they either don't talk or talk nonsense.
The treatment of autistic children is a long-term process, which requires professionals to formulate targeted treatment programs and training methods, as well as parents to pay infinite love, perseverance, patience and determination. For parents, the most basic thing is to seek the help of professionals in time after discovering the abnormality of their children, and under their guidance, make professional diagnosis and treatment for their children.
It may be normal.
There is a folk saying that "the nobles speak late", and the children who speak late will be smarter. This statement is groundless. There is indeed a class of children with language retardation who are not morbid and do not need special intervention. This kind of child is called "idiopathic language retardation". This kind of child has normal intelligence, hearing and behavior, but speaks very late. At the age of two and a half or three, he may say nothing or only simple words, but once he can speak, it seems that he will suddenly say everything. Although these children can't talk before, their appearance and behavior look no different from normal children, and their intelligence and understanding are normal. Parents can clearly feel that he can understand adults, for example, he will respond with body language such as nodding or shaking his head. Parents don't have to worry too much about these children. They usually pay great attention to talking and telling stories slowly with their children. Usually at the age of two or three, children will naturally talk.
It should be reminded that the diagnosis of "idiopathic language retardation" must be made by a professional doctor, and such a child is only part of the situation after all. If parents are lucky enough to treat all children who talk late as normal people and don't go to see a doctor, it may lead to a big mistake.
The above are several common reasons for children's language development retardation. Perhaps it is not easy for parents to tell which situation their children belong to, but one thing must be clear, that is, 1 ~ 2 years old is a critical period for children's language development, and most children with language barriers are found during this period. If the child can't speak at the age of two, or can only speak some simple words, and lacks communicative language, be sure to take the child to the hospital for professional diagnosis immediately.