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Is there any development pediatrician and psychologist near Hennu,Banaswadi or Hebbal in Bangalore? He is almost 3 years with speech delay, extreme temper tantrums etc

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Please do a search on Google or practo for child psychologist or developmental pediatrician ...  Read More

My 2.5yr old daughter speaks less than 10 words at this age, i want to clear if she has any speech development delay and ways to diminish the delay.

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Dear Mam, your child having speech and language developmental delay. Normally a 2.5 yr child speaks 60% of speech is intelligible, uses 3 words sentences to communicate & asks simple questions (e.g. ...  Read More

Hello sir/maam..my baby boy is 1 year and 20 days old..he is very active and playful..has completed all physical milestones..is very affectionate towards his mumy papa..he understands few words also, like he waves when we say bye, folds hands when we say pray, dances on the word dance..follows instructions sometimes like come here and give me, but

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Kids usually say a couple of words by 1 year of age. But we can give him some more time. No need to worry just now. Get him assessed after a month again ...  Read More

My second daughter is 2 years 4 months old. She has still not started even basic speech. She babbles a lot but her communication is restricted to grunts, and very basic words for mom, dad, etc. Does she need any help?

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Better take an opinion with speech language pathologist. They can guide you clearly. ...  Read More

Does introducing multiple languages cause delay in speech for toddler? My son is 22 months old and he hardly speaks anything 5 to 6 words and few letters, should i consider this as speech delay?, He is introduced to 3 languages, since childhood, does it have any impact on his speech? He understands everything but couldn't reciprocate same.

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Hi, Yes. Multiple languages will confuse the child. Once child starts talking, you have introduce multiple languages ...  Read More

Delay in development growth, my daughter is 2 years old but still she can't sit , walk, and talk. Please help..

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Please show a Developmental Pediatrician or a Pediatric Neurologist urgently: since there is definite delay in development milestones, there is urgent need to find out extent of delay (ie current leve ...  Read More

My son having hyper activity&speech delay,he has 5years old.please give some advice to me

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Could be autism,plz consult a child psychologist. ...  Read More

My almost 2 years 3 months old son is able to sing 4 rhymes with a little clarity; he is able to say A to Z English alphabets partially clearly; he is able to say 1 to 10 numbers almost clearly. Furthermore, he is able to say Papa, Grandfather, goodbye, complete,egg,apple etc. by himself & can say some more words if we tell him.Other than these

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It's normal for the age . Kindly restrict the screen time . Screen time is proven to cause speech delay in growing children. ...  Read More

Sir my son is three years old still he is not speaking . I gave him speech therapy for 6 month in Bangalore ,but still he is not speaking . I went to homeo doc and he gave him calcarea phosphorica tab . I just wanted to know do this medicine will help in his speech development

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visit my clinic in malleswaram. 'Vipul clinic ' ...  Read More

My kid is 2.5yrs old.problem is delayed speech he prounce only Amma thatha from last 1year& also he has not id ntify the things..how much age we can wait for the speech?

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If he is 2.5 years old then he supposed to speak (at least) in three word sentences. I will suggest you to consult with speech language pathologist so he can check present 'language age' of your child ...  Read More

When my son was 2years old we check with "Neuro developmental and behavioral speech therapist". He diagnosed speech delay/impulsive. At 3yrs when we checked speech delay/SPD. We started speech therapy. Do we really need to be concerned like something more serious? How much time it takes to recover. Till last week he was on bottle feedi ssng but now

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Greetings ,history of speech delay, impulsivity, and sensory processing issues who began walking at 18 months. These factors can sometimes be associated with broader developmental conditions like Auti ...  Read More

My kid age 4 year 2 months. He has diagnosed autism (border line autism i. e mild autism ). Ha has speech delay problem also. What to be done.. Please suggest me

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Please meet a developmental pediatrician. ...  Read More

My daughter is not speaking well .she only speaks mama and papa and imitates only simple words.she uses gestures to fulfill her needs .all other development is good. She only has language delay

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It's normal. Dnt worry. ...  Read More

My baby boy is 20 months old(19 months corrected) . Height is 82cm and weight 10.5kg His birthday weight was 2.5kg(at 36 weeks 2 days). He met all of his milestones almost in time. Started walking at 16 months and now running. He is speech delayed. He says mumma, papa, baba ,dada. He knows who mumma and puppa are but when we ask de doesn't point. B

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This is normal. No need to worry ...  Read More

My daughter is 37 months old..she habituated to screen time since 1.5 year..we stopped since last time because of her speech delay..she only speaks few words amma abba ..if she wants anythimg she wil show by hand gestures...she gives less eye contact..and hyperactive..nowadays she banging her head if she frustrates...im worried about her..some are

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From your description, your daughter’s speech delay, reduced eye contact, preference for gestures over words, hyperactivity, and head-banging when frustrated are developmental concerns that may be see ...  Read More

Hello Doctor, I have twin babies. My baby is on 7th months old now. He has flat head like head's back is flat. He doesn't like tummy time sometimes he cried during tummy time. He didn't crawling and sitting with support. His weight only 6.3kg now. I have concern regarding his motor skills delays. Please advise me

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Needs assessment ...  Read More

My baby boy is 18 months old (corrected age 17 Months). He can walk, run , do gestures like clapping, waving, pointing, showing things to us , and understanding almost every command. He knows and shows few body parts like head, nose, hair and eyes. He waves but does not say bye while waving. Otherwise he says tata, dada, mamma, juju, babbles a lot

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This achievement looks normal. Hopefully he says mama, papa, dada specifically to mother/ father/ other Encourage when he tries to speak or babbles - try to show him how much to form words - from the ...  Read More

Hello Doctor Am worried about my Child...He is 3.11 years old and he will be 4 in a month He does not speak constructive sentences and his activities and responses are good he understands he ..till now not into a constructive speech he just expresses his feelings by showing hands he speaks two letter words and he repeats what we say ...he is hyper

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If he mingles well, has co-playinh tendencies he is less like to be autism spectrum but we need to rule out other behavioral issues like ADHD if so ...  Read More

My daughter is 1 year 8 months old. She has achieved all the milestones in proper time except speech. She is able to respond to the call and play with the educational toys. Sometimes she will imitate what we say. Rarely, she will utter a few words. Most of the time she will be making gibberish sounds. She is more actively involved in running around

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It is normal . Let's wait for some more months. ...  Read More

Hi my son is 2 year old he can understand every thing (eg: give book , keep the glass there ect )but he can't talk he talks only few words like appa( father) Amma( mother)amba(cow)tata,baa,mama some times.he will try to repeat what we say sometimes but not properly he is very active respons to his name all milestones are normal interaction with ot

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"It's completely understandable to be concerned about your son's speech development. It's great that he understands so much, responds to his name, and interacts well with other children – these ...  Read More

My son 2.8yr old has recently been diagnosed with mild autism along with speech delay. He only says maa and asks for something by saying de de. He has been told to do occupational therapy along with special education. My friend and family members who have already gone through this therapies for decades for their autistic children have suggested me

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Hi.. it depends on the child's condition. Therapies do help. Enquire about good centers around your place and give it a try. All the best. ...  Read More

Which brain syrup is better IQ norm or Brain Iq Syrup for my son 5.6 years old .He is having speech delay with mild autism .

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Both are similar ...  Read More

Hello my daughter is 21 months old. She says words like amma (mother) appa (father) akka (sister) anna (brother) amama(grand mother) sometimes attha (aunt), cake, sometimes banana, hello, hi with hand wave. If we say anything she understands and if we instruct her to do something she will do. Most of the times she communicates like aa aa aa and doe

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Frst avoid screen time at ths age . Communicate more . Tell her rhymes ...  Read More

My daughter is 21 months old. And she says 8 to 10 words but follows all instructions given to her and understands everything that is told to her. She says amma appa anna akka cake amama egg and shhh and sometimes banana . Is there any speech delay? Also if i say some word to repeat she does not repeat but gets angry and cry

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No delay . Communicate more engage her with other kids ...  Read More

My daughter is 8 yrs old but she is not behaves like a 8 yrs she is very much poor in studies and also in writing and she also have speech delay what can I do to her to overcome from this allproblem ,please help me out

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Consult paediatric neurologist ...  Read More

My kid is 5 years old. She is taking speech Therapy. There is improvement but she talks in sentences only at times. Otherwise she talks in words. Can we give oral massage for her to improve speech. Also if we teach her sentences, she often says I won't talk. Our neighbor kid is 4. She talks a lot compared to my kid. I asked cycle for my kid to play

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Don't ask her to learn sentences. Keep talking to her; read books to her, show pictures, sing catchy rhyme songs, ask open ended questions ...  Read More

My 20 month old doesn’t speak any meaningful word, not even mumma papa but when I sing ring around the roses he completes the last word saying down or Johny johny, he completes saying ha ha ha. Does it considered as meaningful speech ?? Is speech is coming slowly or this is echolalia ?

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Greetings , looks like mild delay, kindly avoid mobile if any, spend more time with the child by talking. Engage the child with stories ...  Read More

My son is 2 years 6 months old. He weighs about 11.50 kg now and is pretty active. He doesn't eat much. We are worried about his speech delay. He is not saying any words. He is only blabbering and trying to make sounds like 'appa' 'oooo' 'abba', 'mamama', 'dedda', etc. He screams, points to objects and says nothing else. Reacts when we call his nam

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Greetings kindly visit a Speech therapist ...  Read More

My kid is 3.1 yr old she understands everything speaks tons of single words and few 2 words her speech therapy said receptive is good and her expressive language is only there what 2.5 yrs child should have and she is under speech and OT . She will get better with therapy for expressive language delay?

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Greetings yes she will be better ...  Read More

My daughter is 3 years old She is understanding and listening everything is normal She speaks lot of words meaningfully but she s not able to frame sentences Can see some improvement in speech therapy

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Other development was on time? Learning to walk, formation of teeth etc? I dont think there is any kind of milestone problem though have to get details.. best speech therapy can be given by mother you ...  Read More

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