[이데일리 이순용 기자] Language is a means of communication, and words play the most important role. Children with developmental language disorder are slow in producing early words, have difficulty acquiring verbs, and have difficulty applying newly learned words. Find out about developmental language disorder with the help of Professor Kim Hyun-jeong of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital.
Language disorder refers to a communication disorder in which the language acquisition process deviates significantly from the normal process. Normal children begin speaking words as early as 10 months after birth, on average at 12 months, and connect two words by about 18 months of age. Doesn’t babble by 6 months, doesn’t understand what others say when turning, can’t put together two words by 2 years of age, speaks less than 50 words by 3 years of age, or can’t play or talk with peers by age 4 If you have difficulty, you may suspect developmental language disorder.
As a diagnostic method, evaluation is recommended when a delay of more than two times compared to the normal onset time is found. The most widely used language development tests are the Preschool Receptive-Expressive Language Scale (PRES) and the Sequenced Language Scale for Infants (SELSI).
Professor Kim Hyun-jung said, “According to general guidelines, if a child has no words to say by the age of 2 or cannot form a sentence using two words until the age of 3, we recommend a language evaluation. “Recently, there are cases where active evaluation is recommended to visit the hospital sooner than this, if word expression does not appear by 18 months or two word connections do not appear by 24 months,” he said.
Speech disorders occur due to defects in the cerebral physiological process of understanding or expressing spoken language. Diseases that accompany language impairment include hearing impairment, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, brain lesions including cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. Genetic diseases such as Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and fragile Since quantitative growth of the brain and language development occur at the fastest rate in the first few years of life, lack of interaction during infancy and childhood may also be a cause. Professor Kim said, “Treatment is needed during the third period when vocabulary and comprehension skills explode. It is best not to exceed three. He emphasized, “Since early diagnosis and early treatment are the principles, we encourage treatment to be administered immediately upon diagnosis.”
To promote language development, students are encouraged to experience many language patterns intensively in a short period of time. To this end, even if the child expresses himself in incomplete forms, it is a good idea to continuously tell him sentences with complete morphemes and use this as an opportunity to expand his vocabulary or phrases. It is more effective if the content is reprocessed and expressed in various ways.
Even before one’s first birthday, it is important for parents or caregivers to read and respond to their child’s signals and create an appropriate communication environment in their daily life. Social games, responses to children’s utterances, and modeling of communicative behaviors that promote language development are helpful in promoting language development. Also, it is good to allow them to experience a wide range of communication skills and various expressions.
Professor Kim Hyun-jung said, “Some guardians believe that their child will learn to speak naturally without special treatment, but if speech impairment persists, it may lead to a learning disability. Therefore, ongoing language development assessment is necessary to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to ensure that language development progresses normally,” she said. He continued, “With the recent increase in the spread of smart devices, children are often overly exposed to smart devices without parental supervision. “Because direct interaction and communication are important for language development, we must be careful not to expose children to smartphones and videos alone,” he said.
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2023-12-24 01:41:03
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