Delayed milestones of development, delayed speech, and poor school performance were reported by the parents; however it was not possible to perform an intelligence quotient (IQ) test because of difficulty in hearing and vision and the incooperation of the patient.
Darren, 2, was two months premature and suffers from asthma and delayed speech.
The son of Mrs. Geng, an author of "The Late Talker," also had delayed speech and other problems that turned out to be related.
Not all children with autism will have delayed speech, though often they are not using their words to communicate; such a child may have memorized the alphabet, Dr. Coplan said, but without ever learning Mama or Dada.
Additional features of Cr transporter deficiency include delayed speech and language development with mild to moderate motor dysfunction, including extrapyramidal movement abnormalities.
A child should have their hearing tested who has delayed speech, responds to sounds inconsistently, is inattentive, displays behavioral changes or responds incorrectly to simple basic questions.
When my daughter had delayed speech development, my wife and I wanted to know why and what we could do about it.
It was the loss of something learned that frightened me more than the idea of delayed speech development or the eventual determination of a motor planning deficit.
In retrospect, all of the obvious signs of Autistic Spectrum Disorder were there -- delayed speech, lack of imaginative play, repetitive behaviors --but not a single professional had picked up on it.
It's bad enough that we had to relive every moment they've spent together at the beginning of the episode, from her ill-fitting dress on night 1 to her pseudo-provocative hushed voice and delayed speech.
