delayed speech and language

Failure on the part of the young child to develop speech (primarily articulation) and language skills (primarily receptive and expressive vocabulary, morphology, grammar, syntax, semantics and pragmatics) at the expected age.

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)

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