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AGES 0-3 MONTHS
- Looks intently at a speaker
- Listens to voices
- Establishes eye contact with mother
- Quiets when held and also quiets when hears human voice (1 month)
- Makes going or gutteral sounds (2 months)
- Visually searches for sounds (3 months)
- Smiles spontaneously (1 month)
- Turns when hears human voice (3 months)
- Responds vocally to the speech of others (3 months)
- Makes predominantly vowel sounds (3 months)
- Coos single sound syllables (consonant vowel)
- Vocalises to indicate pleasure and displeasure
- Laughs, gurgles, squeals, cries, screams
- Responds to familiar faces – visually discriminates different people and things and recognises mother (3 months)
- Begins exploratory play- explores own body (3 months)
This is a good question! For starters, the title is misleading – Speech Therapists do more than provide therapy for “speechâ€. A more apt term might be “communication therapist†but even then, there are areas of the profession that are excluded.