Possible Reasons and Preemptive Diagnosis of Speech and Language Delay and Disorders among Preschool Children

Abstract

Speech and language delay and disorders are the common development problems in which child’s cognitive, social and linguistic milestones are imperiled and exhibit with an abnormal deviation. However, the main reasons behind such problem are unknown. The current study has to major goals. First, to investigate the obvious reasons behind child’s speech language adversity. Second, to demonstrate whether the signs of speech and language impairment are reliable for parents to make a preemptive diagnosis for such problem. The sample was selected from the public center of mental diseases in Mostaganem interviews were conducted by the target groups namely the speech therapist’s and parents’ interviews. The findings illustrate that the major reasons of speech and language impairments among preschool children in the specific area of the research are inborn, namely, genetic and neurological. Whereas, some of them are underlying by some of psychosocial risk factors. Moreover, an overall improvement invited by research results indicates that most parents in the current research can’t be aware about the necessity of the early intervention and diagnosis for the speech therapy treatment. All in all, the results suggest recommendations for early speech treatment of children at highest risk of speech and language impairment, to identify who most in need of intervention and effective speech therapy sources.