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Updated: June 29, 2025
This chapter will deal only with the first period of the child's speech-development, beginning with birth and taking the child up to his second year. The speech disorders of the later periods will be taken up in the three following chapters. THE PRE-SPEAKING PERIOD: This is the period between the time of birth and the age of 2, and takes the child up to the time of the first spoken word.
It IS true, however, that more care on the part of the parent in looking after the formation of speech habits in the Pre-Speaking and Formative Periods of the child's speech development, would result in fewer cases of chronic stammering and stuttering in later life. This Speech-Setting Period marks two very important events in the speech development of the child.
From the standpoint of speech development, the life of any person between the time of birth and the age of twenty-one years, may be divided into four periods as follows: From Birth to Age 2 PRE-SPEAKING PERIOD. Age 2 to Age 6 FORMATIVE-SETTING PERIOD Age 6 to Age 11 SPEECH-SETTING PERIOD Age 11 to Age 20 ADOLESCENT PERIOD
It is not usual that this first word is marked by a defective utterance and if such should be the case, then it is safe to say that this faulty utterance can be traced back to the imitation of some member of the family, or some child who has been permitted to talk to the child in his pre-speaking period.
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