By Small Talk Speech Pathology

Wednesday 5 September 2012

HOW CLEARLY SHOULD CHILDREN SPEAK?


Here is rough guide from Speech-language-therapy for how intelligible kids are when conversing with unfamiliar listeners, or "strangers"

Child aged 1 year = 25% intelligible to strangers

Child aged 2 years = 50% intelligible to strangers

Child aged 3 years = 75% intelligible to strangers

Child aged 4 years = 100% intelligible to strangers

Ref: Flipsen (2006), Coplan & Gleason (1988), Pascoe (2005)

Remember to contact a speech pathologist if you have any concerns regarding your child's communication development!


Love,

V & L



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