Speech And Language Development ✅

Question 1

What does speech require a combination of?

Answer 1

• Physical skills
• Cognitive skills
• Intact hearing
• Desire to communicate

Question 2

What can problems in any of the areas required for speech and language development cause?

Answer 2

Impairment of acquisition of meaningful language

Question 3

What is required on a physical level for a newborn baby to cry?

Answer 3

Intact neuromuscular control of vocal apparatus

Question 4

How does an infants cry progress?

Answer 4

Infant will soon learn that crying can be used to communicate, and uses it to signal hunger, distress, or fatigue.
Through experimenting, sounds become tuneful babble, followed by polysyllable sounds

Question 5

What can speech development after the polysyllable stage be influenced by?

Answer 5

• Temperament
• Presence or absence of siblings
• Bilingual home situation
• Use of other methods of communication, e.g. good non-verbal skills

Question 6

What are the main elements of spoken language?

Answer 6

• Phonology
• Semantics
• Grammar
• Pragmatics

Question 7

What is phonology?

Answer 7

The structure and form of speech sounds

Question 8

What are semantics?

Answer 8

The vocabulary and use of words to convey meaning

Question 9

What is grammar?

Answer 9

The syntax (sentence structure) and morphology (use of tense etc)

Question 10

What is pragmatics?

Answer 10

The social and situational use of language

Question 11

Which children have particular trouble with phonology?

Answer 11

Children with hearing impairment or oromotor dysfunction

Question 12

What elements of speech to children with autism have particular problems with?

Answer 12

Semantic and pragmatic language

Question 13

What is the first step in language development?

Answer 13

Vocalisations which become a tuneful babble

Question 14

What is the ballpark age for true spoken words?

Answer 14

Around 12 months

Question 15

When does a child’s vocabulary expand rapidly?

Answer 15

During 2nd year of life

Question 16

What are the features of a child’s speech at around their second birthday?

Answer 16

• Know 100-500 words
• Understand far more words, and can follow single-stage commands
• May start to produce two word sentences
• Still have a lot of ‘jargon’
• Words may still be unclear, or with speech sounds missing or substituted
• Pace and volume may not be correct
• Use of pronouns appears, but may be confused
• Able to point to major body parts when asked, but not yet able to name them

Question 17

What is meant by jargon in speech development?

Answer 17

Meaningless sound used in the lace of true words, but still having pace and intonation as if having meaning

Question 18

What should be at the forefront of considerations when assessing a child with speech delay?

Answer 18

Undiagnosed hearing impairment

Question 19

What often happens to children with speech delay?

Answer 19

They catch up with their language skills without any intervention

Question 20

How can SALT help with speech delay?

Answer 20

• Give guidance to parents on how to promote language acquisition
• Children with difficulties may be taught to use signs in order to supplement their language skills