All About Delayed Speech
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I have seen a similar child grow up. Parents were oblivious and did not take to the signs… They were in denial.
Am glad you posted.
Share with you their experience…
The boy is supersmart but socially not integrated…at some point was thought to be autistic and assessed, only to find out that there was some sort of inner ear infection and blockage which led to hearing impairment.
Hence the no response, the unclear speech… As a result of not hearing properly and developing speech from young age.
Tantrums are due to inadequate communication and built up frustration.
If I may suggest, this may or may not be similar to your experience, but it would be simple to visit a pediatric ENT specialist to get the hearing test done.
All the best! -
may i ask if speech delay has anything to do with genes?
my mil kept saying my son is slow because my hubby side is slower(my bil’s 3.5yr old son only started speaking at 2.5yrs old. but to me, even now, he is not able to speak in a sentence)… -
mummyJune:
Yes and no...may i ask if speech delay has anything to do with genes?
my mil kept saying my son is slow because my hubby side is slower(my bil's 3.5yr old son only started speaking at 2.5yrs old. but to me, even now, he is not able to speak in a sentence)...
it also depends very much on the environment.
IF there are other children in the house to play with them, they tend to communicate more, or at least have the incentive to communicate more. -
I think somehow pp are spreading this rumor of long queues at kkh therapy. It’s not that long. U just get the referral from polyclinic to see the dr who will then refer u to speech therapist. It is the hassle of moving around but the wait is not 6 mths long. And u don’t have to go back to polyclinic to get referral again. My son has been going thru speech therapy for more than a year already. For some specific areas, we had intensive weekly sessions to deal with the prob. Didn’t have to wait that long. His OT is monthly sessions.
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mashy:
I think somehow pp are spreading this rumor of long queues at kkh therapy. It's not that long. U just get the referral from polyclinic to see the dr who will then refer u to speech therapist. It is the hassle of moving around but the wait is not 6 mths long. And u don't have to go back to polyclinic to get referral again. My son has been going thru speech therapy for more than a year already. For some specific areas, we had intensive weekly sessions to deal with the prob. Didn't have to wait that long. His OT is monthly sessions.
mashy,
may i know how old is your child?
i was wondering if queuing up depends on case-to-case basis after diagnosis by the polyclinic doctor.
we were discharged from CDU @ NUH (for speech therapy) after <10 sessions (can't remember cos about a year ago) and we were told that they will have to discharge non-severe cases (like mine) because essentially they need to focus on kids with severe speech impairment and need immediate help. from what i understand from my Behavioural therapist (who chose not to discharge us yet and kept us on a yearly review basis), once parents/kids are discharged, they will need to go back to polyclinic to get referral and rejoin the queue if they want to come back for therapy (after discharge). -
dun don’t discharge.
just put down the open ended date 1 year later … come back to check again.
if discharge next time go back polyclinic again, just to get refer letter again, troublesome. -
mashy:
I think somehow pp are spreading this rumor of long queues at kkh therapy. It's not that long. U just get the referral from polyclinic to see the dr who will then refer u to speech therapist. It is the hassle of moving around but the wait is not 6 mths long. And u don't have to go back to polyclinic to get referral again. My son has been going thru speech therapy for more than a year already. For some specific areas, we had intensive weekly sessions to deal with the prob. Didn't have to wait that long. His OT is monthly sessions.
I would think it would depend on situation. Coz my cousin's waiting time was indeed 6 months just to get the KKH first appointment. Likewise she also gets the referral letter from poly. That was in January this year that she finally have an appt at KKH. Perhaps you were indeed lucky. It was not hear-say, this waiting time was indeed a problem for SGP as it was reported in the Straits Times that SGP is lacking in this specialist group. Perhaps it should have been rectified by now. -
phtthp:
Correct to get the open letter date. That was in my case for my DS's asthma follow up. We rejected the request from the doc to close the case.dun don't discharge.
just put down the open ended date 1 year later .... come back to check again.
if discharge next time go back polyclinic again, just to get refer letter again, troublesome. -
Councillor
He's 5 this yr. He's with kkh. Started off was coz we couldn't understand what he was saying. He had articulation probs and can't pronounce the first letters s, t, d, f etc. Now he has improved but kept on for stuttering issues. He's also there for handwriting OT. We didn't wait very long. Guess coz we started off at OT. Then OT wrote to dr to refer him for ST too. After that it was also smooth going. OT once a month, ST can be as freq as every week. Sometimes we are put on wait list but can usually get an appt. I think it also depends on which therapist. Some therapist has a longer wait list. We have seen most of the therapists in kkh. Will usually follow the same therapist throughout but some therapists have their own specialty.
I also thought the child dev centre will be a long wait. But after I told the kkh dr I wanna get referral to see child dev, I got an appt within the month. If I'm lucky, I must be lucky to get so many appts quickly. The unlucky thing is my pocket and my ds with loads of issues to resolve.
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mashy:
mashy,Councillor
He's 5 this yr. He's with kkh. Started off was coz we couldn't understand what he was saying. He had articulation probs and can't pronounce the first letters s, t, d, f etc. Now he has improved but kept on for stuttering issues. He's also there for handwriting OT. We didn't wait very long. Guess coz we started off at OT. Then OT wrote to dr to refer him for ST too. After that it was also smooth going. OT once a month, ST can be as freq as every week. Sometimes we are put on wait list but can usually get an appt. I think it also depends on which therapist. Some therapist has a longer wait list. We have seen most of the therapists in kkh. Will usually follow the same therapist throughout but some therapists have their own specialty.
I also thought the child dev centre will be a long wait. But after I told the kkh dr I wanna get referral to see child dev, I got an appt within the month. If I'm lucky, I must be lucky to get so many appts quickly. The unlucky thing is my pocket and my ds with loads of issues to resolve.
hm..i think you may be right in saying that some therapist has a longer wait list. my boy's appointment was 3 mths interval. we were not sure if it was because he was not considered severe for his age (3yo, he could read text/sentences, but could not converse/hold conversations ie monologue replies) or that the therapist had other more pressing cases. our sessions were normally not so focused on the kid, but the therapist did some assessment, and when my boy borderline failed or passed, she gave me tips on the stuff to do at home.
yes. without subsidies, the $$ can fly out very fast.
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