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My son has a REALLY husky voice

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BarryShitpeas · 04/01/2011 09:48

Ds is 3.5. Since he started to babble as a baby he has had a really husky voice.

He is a twin and his sister has "normal" speech patterns. He was much slower to speak than she was, and is much quieter generally.

Every hcp we have seen have commented on it, but no one has suggested there might be anything wrong.

He was born with club foot and has had restricted mobility due to being in a splint for this (about 12 hours a day). We have stopped this treatment now. I am not sure if he was slower to speak because of this, or because he is a boy. You are not supposed to compare twins development but it is so hard not to.

Has anyone come across this before?
Do I need to push for more checks from the gp, or is it nothing to worry about?

I am a regular under a new name btw!

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BarryShitpeas · 04/01/2011 10:50

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twosoups · 04/01/2011 15:44

I would suggest referring him to your local speech and language therapy department. Ring them up - they have an open referral policy, which means you can refer yourself.

BarryShitpeas · 04/01/2011 20:52

Thank you twosoups (great name).

I will do this.

I didn't know they had an open referral policy.

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