Does my 7yo’s speech sound typical? Link included.

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My son’s speech has always been a bit unusual, he used to repeat final sounds.
I’m very used to the way he speaks but relatives have commented on over pronunciation. He also adds a ‘uh’ sound to the end of some words.

Here’s a link if anyone with any knowledge about speech can have a listen.

https://jumpshare.com/s/0S5TbN0z05goQ6oxtHnk

He sounds very well spoken, with a good vocabulary which is nice to hear as so many kids are very babyish sounding at this age, not sure what the issue is.

I'm not a paediatric SALT (I work with adults) but I'm not hearing anything that would concern me there in terms of age-related norms.

The -uh thing can be a dialect type quirk, or a stroppy pre-emptive teenage quirk as well (DD1 I am looking-uh at-uh you-uh!)

The only thing I would say is that he sounds a little bit congested nasally. Was he just getting over a cold?

I was going to say this. Does he have a cold?

He does sound a bit nasal/snuffly. I noticed a few little extra sounds eg plastic-uh, Tay-ul rather than tail. However none of those are particularly unusual in a 7 year old I would have thought.
when my kids were younger they made little mistakes like that, I would repeat the correct pronunciation eg kid talking about a tay-ul, I would say, oh he has a long tail?
Disclaimer, not a speech therapist.

‘Tay-ul’ is a completely normal pronunciation in many accents.

Perhaps this makes the uh sound after many words more obvious.

I wouldn’t think anything of it but 3 different people have commented, one of them a doctor.

https://jumpshare.com/s/9lwJxQdu459UL4ACRFa4

He’s not got a cold, a bit of hay fever perhaps but can breathe clearly through his nose.

He’s clear and understandable which is more than can be said for some adults who mumble and barely pronounce anything, what exactly are these ppl saying to you?
God forbid they ever hear some of the local Scottish accents , they’d be fainting.

The second reading sounds more unusual.

Is the child bilingual? their uh endings sounds bit French. Has he got a teacher, childminder who speak with this accent?

Interesting question, hope a SALt comes along.

Your dc sounds delightful, try not to worry too much

Not bilingual, no one we know speaks with the uh ending.

I wonder whether it comes from his early stammer. For example he would say things like play ay ay, stop op op op, mummy ee ee ee.

Anyone with SALT knowledge able to listen to the second link and give their opinion? I think the links expire within 24hours so might not work soon.