Possible Speech Red Flags

  • 1-2 years old: doesn’t say P, B, M, H, W

  • 2-3 years old: doesn’t say K, G, D, T, N, F; difficulty understanding majority of what child says

  • 3-4 years old: doesn’t say S, V, Z, L

  • 4-5 years old: doesn’t say CH, SH

Language Red Flags

  • 0-3 months: not engaging with others or smiling

  • 4-7 months: not making early speech sounds (babbling)

  • 7-12 months: not waving, pointing, or making sounds

  • 12-18 months: only says a couple of words consistently

  • 18 months-2 years old: using one word to communicate, does not combine two words

  • 2 years old: has less than 50 words in vocabulary

  • 2-3 years old: difficulty with interacting with other kids

  • 2.5-3 years old: difficulty with early reading and writing; avoids books

Stuttering Red Flags

Children may stutter when they are younger and developing their vocabulary, this is typical and will disappear with time. If it continues longer than 6 months and you notice your child having a lot of difficulty saying words, repeating the first sound of words (b-bb-b-b-at), frequently stopping while they are talking, or holding onto a sound (ffffffffish) then this may be an indictor of stuttering issues.

Hearing Red Flags

  • 0-1 year old: not noticing sounds around them

  • 7 months-1 year old: not responding to their name

  • 1-2 years old: not following basic directions

  • 0-3 years old: delays in speech and language

Voice Red Flags

  • breathy, scratchy or gravelly voice

  • nasal voice (sounds stuffed up or higher pitched)

These traits are persistent and not related to possible sicknesses or allergies a child may have.

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 All information from this page is from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s webpage regarding Early Identification of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders, which can be found here.

Early Identification of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.asha.org/public/early-identification-of-speech-language-and-hearing-disorders/