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When Should My Child Be Making That Sound?




I recently told my husband about our new blog and how my goal was to get information out to the public on various topics involving speech therapy. I asked him what he thinks the most important thing parents should know about speech therapy as he is someone who knows more about my profession than most (if you don’t, check out our other blog post “What Is An SLP?”). He told me that when we are together, the most asked question he hears other people ask is, “My child can’t say X sound. Should they have that by now?” Thus, here we are with this week’s post!


So, let’s make this information easy to understand and to the point. The following chart is from www.talkingchild.com and is adapted from the two leading research articles on speech sound development for children by sex and age:



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also attached this information from www.asha.org, which shows what children should be doing in regards to sounds since birth:


The chart below shows the age range for each speech sound.

By 3 months:

  • Makes cooing sounds

By 5 months:

  • Laughs and makes playful noises

By 6 months:

  • Babbles with sounds like "puh," "mi," and "da"

By 1 year:

  • Babbles longer strings of sounds, like “mimi,” “bababa,” and “upup”

By 3 years:

  • Says m, h, w. p, b, t, d, k, g. and f in words

By 4 years:

  • Says "y" and "v" in words
  • May still have trouble with s, sh, ch, j, th, z, l, and r sounds





If you have any concerns with your child’s production of speech sounds, we offer free speech and language and hearing screenings here at our office in Bellevue with an appointment. Please don’t hesitate to call us at 412-761-6062 or email us at rehab.specialists@verizon.net. Until next time!



-Kathleen


Additional Resources:

https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/SpeechSoundDisorders/

https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/child-development/language_development/#.W6Kvn_ZFzcs

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