Many Parents Miss Speech Disorders in Young Kids
Many Parents Miss Speech Disorders in Young Kids
HealthDay Reporter
“Communication disorders are among the most common childhood disabilities — and they are highly treatable in most cases,” said Elise Davis-McFarland, president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
“Yet, even with all of the information available to today’s parents, our members report they are still seeing children much later than what is optimal for achieving the best outcome,” she said in an association news release.
The poll of more than 1,100 audiologists and speech-language pathologists across the United States found that 69 percent said parents of young children are not aware of the early warning signs of speech/language disorders. And 32 percent said symptoms of hearing loss go undetected in children for an average of one year or more.
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