What are the factors that cause children to have large tongues?

As children grow up, they gradually need to learn to speak. However, in real life, many children have lisp. This happens when they are just starting to learn to speak, which of course makes parents very anxious. So, what are the factors that cause children to have a big tongue? Let’s take a closer look at it below.

1. Congenital physiological maldevelopment and various deformities, such as congenital mental retardation, sequelae of cerebral palsy and other diseases, including compression of language nerve diseases. The inaccurate pronunciation of these patients is caused by physiological phenomena.

2. Acquired articulation disorders are manifested as the initial consonants and finals not moving properly when speaking, resulting in the independent pronunciation of the finals, causing distortion. In addition, there are many other reasons, such as the error in the way of airflow elimination (air from the mouth goes into the nasal cavity), the tongue sounds are pronounced on both sides of the tongue, and the tongue movement is poor, which are all factors that lead to inaccurate pronunciation.

3. Misunderstanding about inaccurate pronunciation: Some people are born with inaccurate pronunciation and they think it is congenital. This is a misconception caused by a lack of understanding of the stages of language development. There are actually two stages of language development in childhood.

(1) At around two years old, most children’s pronunciation is not very accurate, from recognizing words to phrases.

(2) This condition will disappear on its own over time (in most children).

(3) Only 1% of the children fail to achieve correct pronunciation, resulting in inaccurate pronunciation of some initial consonants and articulation disorders. They still continue the pronunciation habits of 2-3 years old, and over time, incorrect conditioned reflexes of pronunciation methods are formed.

(4) However, some people have inaccurate pronunciation because their tongue is not sensitive and flexible, which causes the tongue to not move properly.

The above is an introduction to the factors that cause tongue plagiocephaly in children. I hope it will be helpful to parents. There are many reasons why children have a big tongue. In daily life, if parents find this situation, they must pay attention to it, actively look for the cause, and then take effective measures to treat it to avoid more serious consequences.