5-year-old child cannot speak

Children will gradually learn to speak as they grow up. Generally speaking, children can speak when they are two or three years old, but some children still cannot speak when they are five years old. When this problem occurs, we must find out the cause in time and then take appropriate solutions. So, what are the reasons why children cannot speak at the age of five? This will be introduced below!

1. Environmental factors

If a family speaks to a child in multiple dialects, for example, the child's father speaks Mandarin, the mother speaks Shanghainese, the grandmother speaks Ningbo dialect, and the nanny speaks Sichuan dialect, then the child will feel at a loss when learning to speak. Parents communicate too little with their children. Some parents are busy with their own affairs or are taciturn and neglect verbal communication with their children. As a result, the children live in a very quiet environment from the moment they are born, have no chance to talk to adults, and their speech is delayed. Speech delays caused by environmental factors will quickly catch up to normal after improving the environment and strengthening training.

2. Physical factors

Some diseases, such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, hearing impairment, infantile autism, central nervous system damage or dysfunction, etc., can lead to delayed speech, and there may also be other corresponding abnormal manifestations. Children with mild intellectual developmental delay start speaking 1 to 3 years later than normal. It is recommended to take your child to a maternal and child health care hospital for examination. For example, see if there is a possibility of congenital diseases such as cerebral palsy. And check whether the tongue, lips and other oral organs are flexible. If there is no problem, there is no need to worry. You can train your baby's language function by teaching more, listening more, etc.

3. Autism

Autism is classified as a developmental disorder due to a neurological disorder, with symptoms including abnormal social skills, communication abilities, interests and behavior patterns. Autism poses a great obstacle to children's development and growth. As the saying goes, character changes one's life. If a child accidentally develops autism when growing up, it is easy for the child to become introverted and out of tune with society, thus affecting his or her entire life.