Is there any relationship between a baby's speech early or late and intelligence? What should I do if my baby speaks late?

Generally speaking, babies can speak some simple words by the age of one. So if a baby cannot speak at this stage, it is considered to be late in speaking. Is there any relationship between the early or late speech of a baby and intelligence? What should I do if my baby speaks late?

Why does the baby talk late?

Generally speaking, a one-year-old baby can call mom and dad and say some simple words. However, in recent years, there are more and more cases of baby developmental delays. Many babies cannot speak accurately after they are over two years old. Parents do not think this is a big problem at first, as long as their baby is not dumb. However, as the baby grows older, they start to worry when they see that other babies of the same age can talk fluently with their mothers. What exactly causes babies to speak late?

1. Physiological reasons cause the baby to be unable to speak

Sometimes, it may be due to congenital physiological reasons that the baby cannot speak or speaks late. The mother should check whether the baby's tongue is sticky? Is the baby's hearing problem? Is the baby sick, such as cerebral palsy, etc. If the baby cannot speak due to physiological reasons, the baby needs to be treated quickly, and don't miss the golden time for treatment.

2. The language environment causes the baby to be unable to speak

The language environment refers to the people who talk to the baby. If the mother only talks to the baby occasionally, or there are few other people who talk to the baby; the family has a mixed accent, with dialects, English, and Mandarin. Usually, babies in these three unfavorable language environments will start to speak later. If the language environment provided to the baby is too monotonous or too complex, the baby will not receive effective stimulation, resulting in delayed language development. The mother needs to make changes immediately and talk to the baby more often to temporarily unify the accents of the whole family so that the baby can understand and imitate easily.

3. The communication method causes the baby to not speak

Some mothers "understand" their babies too well. They understand what their babies mean and satisfy them with just one action or gesture. This is not conducive to the baby's language training, causing them to gradually develop the habit of using gestures instead of speaking, thus delaying the baby's language development.

Is there any correlation between a baby's speech and intelligence?

Experts said: This is a myth and this view is wrong.

Due to individual differences, children also have different language abilities, some start speaking early and some start speaking late, and some express themselves clearly. Mothers only see the result of their children's late speech, but do not think about the possible reasons for their children's late speech. They are anxious to label their children as having intellectual problems, which is very detrimental to their children's growth.

When babies are about one year old, they start to babbling and say a few simple words. If they still can't speak at the age of two or three, it is medically called speech delay. There are many reasons for speech delay, and usually there are three reasons that affect children's speech: physiological reasons, psychological reasons and family reasons.

Physiologically, if a child has hearing problems or abnormal pronunciation organs, they will not be able to pronounce normally. For example, if a child has a short tongue tie, cleft lip, cleft palate, etc., the airflow direction of the voice will be abnormal and the coordination of the voice will be difficult, which will affect the pronunciation. If a child has hearing impairment, it will also affect the development of language. If a child has autism or mental retardation, he may not be able to speak.

However, most children's reluctance to speak is caused by the family environment. Some parents often say things that their children cannot say, and over time, the children get used to hearing them and are unwilling to speak; there are also a very small number of parents who force their children to speak or make fun of their children's inaccurate pronunciation, inadvertently hurting their children's self-esteem, and the children then become unwilling to speak.

In addition, if a child has been raised listening to dialects since birth and the adults around him do not speak standard Mandarin, the child may have inaccurate pronunciation when learning Mandarin.

Signs that your baby is late in talking

Generally speaking, children can express themselves relatively well when they are two or three years old, can basically master the spoken language of their own ethnic group when they are four years old, and can clearly retell the main idea of ​​stories they have heard, tell stories based on pictures, or make up simple stories by themselves after they are five years old. Normally, there is a 4-6 month difference between children who develop late and those who develop early. If this time limit is exceeded, parents should pay more attention.

At 4 months old: cannot imitate the sounds made by father and mother.

At 6 months old: Does not laugh or yell.

8-9 months old: Cannot use sounds to attract your attention; has not started babbling yet.

At 10 months: Does not respond to others calling his name, and does not know how to let you know whether he is happy or annoyed.

At 12 months old: He cannot use body language such as waving or shaking his head; he cannot utter one or two initial consonants (such as p, b, etc.); when he needs help, he does not know how to communicate with you.

At 15 months: Does not understand words like "no" and "goodbye" and does not respond; can use less than 6 types of body language (such as waving hands, pointing at things, etc.); can say less than 1-3 words.

At 18 months: Cannot say 6-10 words; cannot point to things of interest, such as birds or airplanes flying in the sky.

At 20 months old: can say less than 6 initial consonants.

At 21 months: Will not respond to simple instructions: Will not pretend to play with dolls or himself (such as combing his own hair, feeding the doll, etc.).

At 24 months: cannot put two words together; does not know the functions of common household appliances (such as toothbrushes, telephones, chopsticks, etc.); cannot imitate other people's actions or learn to talk; cannot point out body parts when asked.

At 30 months: No one, even family members, can understand him; he cannot speak simple sentences, ask questions, or make himself understood by strangers.

By age 3: Does not speak in short phrases; does not understand brief instructions; has no interest in interacting with other children; has a hard time being separated from mom or dad.

At 3 and a half years old: Often cannot speak complete sentences (for example, cannot say "go home", only "go back").

When he was 4 years old: he still stuttered frequently and others could hardly understand what he said.