SPEECH DELAY Kelompok 11 Di Susun Oleh : - Novita Herawati - Kiki Lestari - Tria Ramadani Siregar Definition about Speech Delay Early childhood has a characteristic that is always asking questions, paying attention and talking about everything they see, hear, and feel about their environment spontaneously. Children spontaneously ask when they see something interesting his attention. Children's curiosity and enthusiasm for something that is seen, heard, and felt will be expressed through words or what is called speaking. Children Having the ability to speak has shown maturity and readiness in learning, because by speaking children will express their desires, interests, feelings, and convey their thoughts orally to those around them. Observasion result The initials of the child with the disorder are MRA. MRA has a speech delay disorder that is already in a severe level. because children can still speak but are not able to string words into perfect sentences. MRA also experienced speech delays until the age of ± 3 years, and from the age of 3 years and over the subject began to be able to speak but with intonation and speech patterns that were not clearly understood. MRA is currently only able to pronounce one or two words to express his wish. factors of lack of stimulation at home and also lack of social interaction. Meanwhile, the initials of the SRF child are children who can speak, even though the vocabulary is still wrong, but he can connect the vocabulary into one complete sentence. SRF speaks fluently like a child of his age, because in his environment since he was little he has always been trained to speak, and his parents do not mix the local language with Indonesian when he talks with the child, so that SRF can speak and does not experience delays. Visible differences between normal and abnormal children It is very easy to know a child who has a speech delay with a normal child. Some of the common symptoms of speech delay in children can be characterized by the following characteristics: - No babbling - Unable to speak in short sentences - Difficulty following directions - Poor pronunciation or articulation - Difficulty putting words together in a sentence or stammering - Do not continue the words of a sentence The following is a comparison of development with normal children: Age 2 years: able to use at least 25 words. 2.5 years old: able to use unique two-word phrases or noun combinations. Age 3 years: able to use at least 200 words, does not ask for things by name, speech is understandable. Ages over 3 years: Can pronounce previously learned words. Conclusion Speech disorder is a delay in language or speech. Language disorders are delays in the language sector experienced by a child. The initials of the child with the disorder are MRA. MRA has a speech delay disorder that is already in a severe level. because children can still speak but are not able to string words into perfect sentences. MRA also experienced speech delays until the age of ± 3 years, and from the age of 3 years and over the subject began to be able to speak but with intonation and speech patterns that were not clearly understood. Meanwhile, the initials of the SRF child are children who can speak, even though the vocabulary is still wrong, but he can connect the vocabulary into one complete sentence Thank you