Most often, the causes of delayed speech development in children are hereditary and neurological, but other factors can also lead to violations. Professor Leonid Chutko, Head of the Laboratory of Correction of Mental Development and Adaptation of the Human Brain Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Center for Behavioral Neurology, told socialbites.ca about them.
“The most common causes of speech delays are hereditary factors, pregnancy and birth complications, intrauterine infections, prematurity, birth trauma. Hearing loss, lack of communication between parents and children also contribute to the development of pathology. Parents, and sometimes even experts, have an erroneous opinion about the leading role of cervical spine trauma in the origin of speech pathology, “instability of the cervical spine.” But that is not the case,” he said.
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