Starting Speech

Matthew has qualified for speech services and we start them on Wednesday! During his evaluation he did a great job with copying sounds and consonant/vowel clusters. He also did a great job saying words that stayed with the same consonant sound (such as puppy, mommy, daddy, bubbles, etc.) where the same consonant is repeated in the word. He gets lost with a lot of words when the consonant changes and can get the first sounds along with the syllables, but loses the other sounds of the words. So, he will be working on that along with comprehension and answering questions with yes and no correctly. I really liked the place we went to and have heard wonderful things about it. My speech and language pathologist at work came from there a few years ago and she told me about it. Our ENT also said they are wonderful and do great things. We are also curious to see how Matthew's upcoming surgery will effect his talking and listening. Since he continues to have fluid on his eardrum, he is not hearing what he should nor is he hearing himself talk as he should. Hopefully with the tonsils and adenoids gone and another set of tubes we will see results quicker. We'll keep you posted.