Speech delay - what kind?

[twinkleto]

Hi everyone. I'll keep this short! My daughter is 3.5 and has trouble with speech. When speaking she has the same tone as a deaf person (not meant in an offensive way - just a fact!) and is very unclear in the majority of her words. She also refuses to say anything when we try to ask her to repeat words (I know this goes against all SLT advice, but I can't help it!!!) and will either just ignore or say "I don't know". We are on NHS waiting list for SLT and audiology but it's going to take ages. The rest of her development is fine and she can follow instructions, knows colours, can attempt to count to ten (not clearly but we know what she means).

Firstly, does anyone have any idea what kind of speech delay this could be?

Secondly, any similar stories?

TIA

Hopeful bump

I was like this as a child and I'm autistic..i had speach delay and teachers couldnt understand what i was saying, so i had a lot of speach and langue therapy..at 32 you wouldn't know i ever had a speach delay. My 2 year old is like your daughter and its hard to understand him sometines. Im sure she will be fine!xx