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Two year old unable to utter words
My daughter is two years old now and she has not been able to speak normally as other younger kids.She usually gestures for her needs and rarely utters papa/mama.She appears normal and even tries to imitate nursery rhymes.As a parent we are worried about her vocabulary.Please advise what we can do to help our child speak normally.
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
Pediatrician
32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Speech development incorporates 3 elements,normal hearing,normal brain function and normal speech apparatus.
At 2 years,she should have ATLEAST a 3 word vocabulary of meaningful words.
If you feel she has less than that,then get her hearing tested.
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