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waterspout4
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Typical speech?
DS is 20 months. Over the past few months he has taken the beginning consonant(s) off 90% of his words.
Light= ight
Bounce= ounce
Home= ome
Jesus= esus
But he still says mama, dada, moo, and a few others
Did anyone else have a child that did this? I just find it odd and don't want to be missing something.
TIA!
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Posted 5/3/09 11:01 AM  |
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Porrruss
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Re: Typical speech?
Initial consonant deletion is not a typical process seen in speech development. It DOES occur, but isn't what we *expect* to see.
That said, the *norm* is still INCREDIBLY broad for his age. There are a number of reasons why he could be doing it. For example, he's smack in the middle of his *language explosion*, so in an effort to get all these wonderful new words out, he's dropping the first sound. Many times when a child is developing a new skill, other previously learned skills may regress a bit.
Did he used to put the initial consonant sound on? Are you finding that with NEW words he dropping the first sound? It sounds like with really familiar words he's producing them correctly.
The best thing is for you to repeat the word and emphasis that initial sound. Don't correct him, just rephrase or restate it. If he points at the light and says, "ight", you say, "That's right, it's a Light."
Message edited 5/3/2009 11:19:38 AM.
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| Posted 5/3/09 11:18 AM |
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tran92
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Re: Typical speech?
my friend's son did that. he never said the first consonant of words. but since he understood everything, at 2 or so, he didn't qualify for EI speech. but he did end up qualifying at 3.
if you're worried about it, get him tested through EI. even if he doesn't qualify, the evaluator can tell you about what he is doing, and maybe give you some suggestions for how to help get him to say the cononants.
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| Posted 5/3/09 11:28 AM |
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waterspout4
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Re: Typical speech?
Posted by Porrruss
Did he used to put the initial consonant sound on? Are you finding that with NEW words he dropping the first sound? It sounds like with really familiar words he's producing them correctly.
The best thing is for you to repeat the word and emphasis that initial sound. Don't correct him, just rephrase or restate it. If he points at the light and says, "ight", you say, "That's right, it's a Light."
He always called Jesus 'Esus', but one word in particular he dropped the first consonant. One of his first words was 'nice'. We used that word often for his to be gentle. Then he leared the word for frozen water, ice. Now when he wants to be gentle he says 'Ice'.
He typically uses the 'M' correctly when saying mama, moo, more. I can't figure out the pattern. It may be mainly new words that he is doing this to.
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| Posted 5/4/09 2:11 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: Typical speech?
Posted by waterspout4
Posted by Porrruss
Did he used to put the initial consonant sound on? Are you finding that with NEW words he dropping the first sound? It sounds like with really familiar words he's producing them correctly.
The best thing is for you to repeat the word and emphasis that initial sound. Don't correct him, just rephrase or restate it. If he points at the light and says, "ight", you say, "That's right, it's a Light."
He always called Jesus 'Esus', but one word in particular he dropped the first consonant. One of his first words was 'nice'. We used that word often for his to be gentle. Then he leared the word for frozen water, ice. Now when he wants to be gentle he says 'Ice'.
He typically uses the 'M' correctly when saying mama, moo, more. I can't figure out the pattern. It may be mainly new words that he is doing this to.
Amy would know better but Im pretty sure that "J" is one of the last sounds children master....I remember this from Ariel's speech days.
Caden leaves off the last part of most words. We have found that we are now partly to blame b/c we find it cute and have become calling some of these things by his "words"..Could you be guilty of it too?
I have also found that sometimes when Caden doesnt totally form the correct sound it is kind of there too. Like with NICE he says ICE too...and yet the "N" is kinds there too.
I think a lot of it is typical...I just keep making sure that I repeat what he says. (Like what Amy suggested)...
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| Posted 5/4/09 3:19 PM |
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Porrruss
Nya nya nya
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Re: Typical speech?
Posted by hbugal
Amy would know better but Im pretty sure that "J" is one of the last sounds children master....I remember this from Ariel's speech days.
Caden leaves off the last part of most words. We have found that we are now partly to blame b/c we find it cute and have become calling some of these things by his "words"..Could you be guilty of it too?
I have also found that sometimes when Caden doesnt totally form the correct sound it is kind of there too. Like with NICE he says ICE too...and yet the "N" is kinds there too.
I think a lot of it is typical...I just keep making sure that I repeat what he says. (Like what Amy suggested)...
You're right he "j" is a later developing sound. Most little ones distort it in some way. The "l" is too. Leaving off the final sound IS totally normal- so what you're doing to encourage it's development is spot on.
Kelly- since he IS able to produce initial consonants in some words, and doesn't seem to have any other speech sound errors, it's likely just a "thing" he's going through while his vocabulary is growing. At this stage, most toddlers are pretty unintelligible beyond the 2-word level. If he continues to omit initial sounds after age 2-2.5, then it might be something to look at. Is he able to imitate words with the initial consonant? Words with p, b, m should be easy for him. Also: h, w. The "l" is a later developing sound and is usually produced as a "w".
Otherwise he sounds like he's developing his speech right on!
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| Posted 5/4/09 4:04 PM |
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