15 Jun 2023

Parenting: How to help 'late talkers'

From Nine To Noon, 11:32 am on 15 June 2023
toddler talking

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Most babies say their first word sometime between 12 and 18 months of age. But for some young children, language takes a bit longer. Kathryn talks with speech and language therapist Christian Wright about developing the communication skills of late talkers -  children who by 18 months are using less than 20 spoken words.