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My son is 4years old and he started speaking in 2 words from past 6 months,he is getting a word only by teaching it for couple of times,but not by observing us..should he need a speech therapy,he is still not speaking of his age...
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Hi thanks for writing to Practo consult. He definitely Requires development assessment and speech therapy with hearing test too.
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