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Disfluency from Speech Delay

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ellabubba · 14/01/2012 23:44

My daughter had a speech delay for which she received speech therapy until she was discharged as 'resolved' aged 5 before starting primary school. She is now in P2 and her teacher has remarked on her speech showing marked disfluency, where she is unable to make a full reply to questions. It isn't stuttering but more repeating phrases as she tries to form a sentence; like saying "I think that is .... I think that is how you cross the road". I was aware of this too but was hoping it would pass. Have now got an appointment with a SALT specialising in disfluency for an evaluation. It just feels like a step backwards and I'm so worried this is going to open up a new set of problems for her to battle with. Does it ever get better with speech issues? Anyone any comments or experience of this? Just feeling very anxious.

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dolfrog · 15/01/2012 13:50

you could have a look at the CiteULike Group Speech and Language Pathology library of reseach papers to try to indentify potential issues

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