Talking

[petesgrayz]

My grandson who is 3 in Oct will not talk. He is as bright as a button, knows everything, makes noises but just won't talk. He is not deaf as he turns when you call him. Do you think it's just a matter of time.
Thanx

[ummmm]

Has he been to the doctors?

[Count-A-Strong]

A slightly different situation but some reassurances:
http://www.medhelp.or...king-at-all/show/6183

and more here:
http://uk.answers.yah...20070620005603AAWX0Sz

[petesgrayz]

He has and he has an appointment with a speech therapist soon. I was just wondering if anyone had the same problem.

[annie0000]

My sisters little boy was like that, he understood everything that was said to him, but he would only really respond with noises rather than words. He was referred to a speech therapist and it was discovered that he has a bit of missing connection somewhere in the way that his brain interprets sounds, he has had lots of treatment from speech therapy for it and is now aged 8 and getting on really well. He is understandable and talks normally most of the time although he does have to be reminded about some his sounds from time to time. He had to learn to read slightly differently to most kids in that he had to recognise the entire words rather than breaking them into the sounds (phonetics) which is the standard teaching method in Scotland. He is in the top group in his class now and is brilliant at maths. Not saying that you grandson necessarily has the same thing as my nephew, but it certainly is not the end of the world either. There may be nothing at all wrong with him, he might just be choosing to speak in his own time.

[sherrardk]

My youngest children are 28 month old twins. The girl is trying really hard to talk but the boy is using Mr Tumble sign language for everything. He does get glue ear but appears to have no trouble hearing as he will cup his ear when he hears an unusual sound (a helicopter for example - which he will sign). He has had a hearing test and is due another one soon and is on the waiting list to see a speech therapist. I am not overly concerned at the moment but if he is still like this in a year's time I think I will be concerned then.

[missrandom]

Google autism and see if he has any other similar symptoms, although I'm sure the doc would've mentioned it or referred him for that it he was concerned.
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[daffy654]

My son didn't speak until he was 4 years old. When he still hadn't started babbling (mama,dada etc) by age 2 he was sent for all sorts of tests. He had to attend a special school when he started education as a mainstream couldn't be expected to cope with a child who couldn't communicate. When he was 6 years old he was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.

[DaisyD]

My son is 3 in November and has only really started talking in the last month. Before that he had some noises, some signs he had invented and about 8 consistant recognisable(ish) words. I am pretty sure there is nothing wrong with his hearing, and in every other respect his development has been similar to other kids his age. He has seemed to understand everything I say to him for ages and also has always been a very happy boy so I wasn't too worried.

Everyone I talked to said the words would appear eventually, and he'd 'suddenly start talking and I wouldn't be able to shut him up'. I didn't believe them, but he's babbling away now - his words aren't as clear as some kids yet, but he's trying to say everything and putting sentances together. He seems to want to talk now, he didn't seem to want or need to before.

The only change in his life recently has been he started pre-school 2 months ago - he does 2 mornings a week. I don't know that the sudden talking has anything to do with this, but I wonder if being with people who can't interpret every noise of gesture and respond in the way that he wants has pushed him into communicating.