Speech Impediment Question

I have a sneaking suspiscion that Noah has a speech problem. He is a late talker but the few words he says are not pronounced correctly, it seems like he can't say his "s" sounds. He says things like this:

Pada (pasta) Team (steam) Pider (spider) Tar (Star) There is a pattern emerging with this and I am hoping to get some input from anyone who is a speech therapist (I know there are some here)

Just some background...He is 2 in about a week, and he was born tongue tied and at 4 months had his frenulum (under his tongue and under his top lip) snipped, this is somehting that is probably causing the problem)

Are there any exercises I can do with him at this early age? How can I help him to get his speech (peech) back on target for his age group???

Thanks in advance.

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From what you're describing, it sounds like he's leaving off the s's in consonant blends... how are his s's in non blended words (like "sock" "bus" etc). Consonant blends are definitely tougher than non... also how old is DS?

(Im an SLP if you couldn't tell!!)

FM if you want to talk more...

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oops.. didn't see the part about his age, 2

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I am not a speech person, but we had my son evaluated at 25 months because he wasn't really talking (if they could hear him now a year later ). Anyway, I learned a ton from it and that certain letter sounds they will not be able to accurately get until older, like the TH sound and L (up to maybe 5 years of age to get the L sound). My DS still calls his sister Warren (her name is Lauren). So, it just may take time. Sorry I am no help otherwise.

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HI! I did speech path undergrad and have taught sped. and now kindergarten regular ed and it seems quite normal to me. My DD is turning 2 next month and she doesn't have her s's. ex= santa in "hanta". I'm not an expert but from my background I would say that your DC is fine. It will take time and it's normal. Many of my kindergarteners don't have this one yet! And they havent' been picked up for speech when screened. If you continue to be concerned, I'd ask your ped. and if he is concerned, he will recommend you for an eval. Good luck!

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Thanks for the great advice everyone!! I really appreciate it.

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i'm a speech therapist in a school... to me, it sounds pretty normal... a developmental error we call it. meaning that its normal for his stage of development. the "S" sound usually doesn't come until later- like age 6 or 7.
i agree with the other speech path that said that it sounds like its mostly in s blends (sp,st,sl,sk,sn etc). how is it in just "Regular" s words, like "sock", "so", "sink",etc??
for now i think i would just emphasize the s when you say the words... for example if he says "mommy the water is making Team" ( instead of "STeam"), you can just say back to him " thats right! its making SSSSTeam" and really emphasize the "S". so,you're not correcting him, but you're just letting him hear the right pronunciation... you'll feel kind stupid doing it, but its a good way for him to hear it...

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