DS has very nasal speech age 5, anyone any experience

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He had his adenoids taken out and tonsil age 3.5 for nasal congestion and snoring. This resolved the snoring, but he still speaks as if he is underwater, it's been a year and half. He is prone to colds which doesn't help. I had spoken to his teacher and she said the school won't worry about speech until age 7. Is this correct, should I try to refer him myself ? It can be hard to understand him, I often repeat the word correctly and he now noticed and says "I said that!" And gets a bit cross.

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My son had his adenoids out at 2.2 his speech improved quite a bit but he ca sound a bit nasally still now u mention it.

I know that the surgeon spoke to me about the type of surgery he was doing and said that it was the safer option for a child his age (2) but that there is a risk that the adenoids might grow back.

Is there any chance you can get referred back to ENT?

I guess if the snoring has cured itself, a nasal voice might not be enough to have them removed again. But it might be worth checking out?

How old is he now? I know in my area you can self refer to SALT.

But depending on his age they still might want the SENCO to refer in (as they did in my case and the SENCO refused). There are ways and means to get around this, I am currently in discussions with the SALT team manager regarding their not fit for purpose referral system as I have been trying to get him under their service since he turned 2 and now he is 5 with a receptive and expressive language disorder and an ASD diagnosis xxx

@Bombleton it's hard to get help with speech it seems. Maybe the age 7 speech cut off is applied like my DS's teacher said , just seems late to leave it for help. My DS is 5 and at school, so going into year 1 next week. I feel his speech is affecting him building friendships and his confidence. He really tries.

@Bombleton is your DS at school too? Maybe you can get some of his ASD support to focus on speech ? My DS was put in a confidence group but with covid I'm not sure how many sessions they actually did with him.

I can't get any support from school. If it was left up to them he wouldn't be even on the ASD pathway, they can't see it at all. I'm doing a parental EHCP when he goes into reception this year. But that's only to draw all the information together because he is under so many different teams as I've had to go around the houses to get anywhere. I highly doubt we will get an EHC plan in place this year.
And the pupil passport/IEP from nursery isn't worth the paper it's written on. It says things like "needs to listen more carefully", "needs to think about his answers as he can often go off on a tangent", "goal of sitting calmly for 10 minutes during carpet time". Despite me telling them and evidencing his language difficulties and proprioception sensory needs for over a year. Not to mention his diagnoses.

Speech will affect them so much! Especially with confidence. It seems totally unfair. I'm sure 7 seems a bit late when you are picking up problems already.

Good luck with it xxx

@Bombleton is the nursery he attends part of the school?

I've found generally our school seems on it in regard to ASD ( other in class, my DS has some characteristics, but not enough) but talking to other parents they are very dismissive on speech issues. As DS is my oldest it's hard to know if they are right or not to wait it out.

I will try to call speech to self refer as he has been assessed previously, but then they discharged him.