| 1. Stuttering - One of the top speech disorders in | | | | creates difficulty for the child with verbal |
| children that concerns parents is stuttering, and | | | | expression. The speech of the child is often |
| the speed and degree of the stutter will vary | | | | hesitant, because the child needs to formulate the |
| from one child to the next. This disorder can have | | | | words carefully and requires extra time for this |
| either a physical or psychological cause, and is | | | | task. |
| usually a source of great stress and anxiety for | | | | 7. Selective Mutism - One of the top speech |
| the child and parents both. | | | | disorders with kids is selective mutism. Many |
| 2. Stammering - Stammering is a disorder that | | | | children who appear to be excessively shy |
| can occur together with stuttering or alone. With | | | | actually suffer from this disorder. When the child |
| this disorder the child may not be able to make | | | | is comfortable and around familiar people then |
| certain sounds and may repeat a syllable or word | | | | there is no problem. In certain situations though, |
| repeatedly. This condition is a common reason for | | | | when the child becomes uncomfortable, they lose |
| concern among parents. | | | | the ability to speak. |
| 3. Lisping - Lisping is one of the speech disorders | | | | 8. Speech Delays - Speech delays are one of the |
| that pediatricians see frequently, and there are | | | | top reasons why doctors and speech |
| three different types of this disorder: neurotic, | | | | professionals see children. There are a few |
| negligent, and organic. The organic type has a | | | | reasons why the child may not be speaking |
| physical cause, while the neurotic type has | | | | appropriately, and testing will pinpoint the specific |
| psychological types. Negligent lisping occurs when | | | | reason for the delay. |
| the child is not taught to speak properly. | | | | 9. Cluttering - One of the speech disorders which |
| 4. Childhood Apraxia of Speech - This condition, | | | | causes alarm in many parents is cluttering, and |
| often shortened to CAS, is caused because of | | | | often the child does not even realize that the |
| motor problems in children. The child may have | | | | problem is occurring. The child will talk faster than |
| difficulty when attempting to say words, sounds, | | | | normal, and repeat phrases, syllables, and even |
| and syllables. | | | | longer sentences numerous times without even |
| 5. Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - Orofacial | | | | knowing it. |
| myofunctional disorders are a common cause of | | | | 10. Rett Syndrome - Rett Syndrome is a |
| speech disorders, and results in the child not | | | | common issue, and for some reason this condition |
| holding their tongue properly. The child | | | | only affects girls in most cases and boys who |
| unintentionally pushes their tongue forward too | | | | suffer from it are extremely rare, though there |
| far, and this condition often disappears as the child | | | | have been cases of it. This condition first makes |
| matures. | | | | an appearance between the ages of three |
| 6. Developmental Expressive Language Disorder - | | | | months and three years, and is considered a form |
| Developmental Expressive Language Disorder in | | | | of autism. The infant will experience normal |
| children is one of the common concerns that | | | | development, then this development stops and |
| parents need to know about. This condition | | | | starts to reverse itself and the child regresses. |