Language Delay
Current as of: December 12, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine & Susan C. Kim MD – Pediatrics & Kathleen Romito MD – Family Medicine & Louis Pellegrino MD – Developmental Pediatrics
Language delay means that a child is not able to use words or other forms of communication to share thoughts and feelings at the expected ages. Children with language delays may not be able to talk or use other methods to communicate with other people. For example, they may not to able to use gestures such as smiling…