The Archive · 1929

DELAYED SPEECH

Some Strange Cases Recalled Mess, what a fright I got!" he claimed. Fear had evidently com pleted the "last connection" neces-

There is not much nowadays regarding the development of the child mind which psychology does not at least attempt to explain to the mother who wishes to take an intelligent interest in the education and training of her children.

For many years, writes HMA, in the "Glasgow Horald," I have been Keonly interested in that department fof psychology which deals with speech defects and peculiarities in the development of speech, and my ease book has now attained to quite bulky proportions. Some of the ceases of "delayed speech" have been fof special interest, A child may be harmal in every other way, but no sound capable of being interpreted fas "speech" may ever have been Keown to pass his lips long after the usual time of development. Not infrequently where there is unusual delay in speech it comes with start-Ting suddenness, as is illustrated by tha yellowing cases which have come within my own personal knowledge.

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