Pediatria pre prax 5/2014

Developmental language disorders

Developmental language disorders is a group of speech disorders that arise during fetal development in the perinatal period, postnatal period of a child in its 1st year of age, or are specific individual periods during the speech development of the individual. If they are not diagnosed successfully right in time, they may persist or worsen in the next period up to adulthood. State of verbal communication affects the child´s optimal mental development, attained education and his/her future career choice.

Keywords: dyslalia, delayed speech development, developmental dysphasia, verbal dysfluency, developmental dysarthria.