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International Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volume  2, Issue 2, May-Aug 2016, Pages 73-76
 

Review Article

Development of Auditory Skills, Speech and Language in Typically Developing Children in the Age Range 0-5 Years

B.K. Yamini*, Narinder Kaur**, Nitin K. Damam***

*Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (Institute of National Importance) Bangalore, Karnataka. ** Department of ENT, Post Graduate Institute, Chandigarh. ***Dr. S.R. Chan

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpen.2454.9126.2216.1

Abstract

 Language is a set of symbols, which is used for communication. It is a means to express ideas and communicate wants and needs. Language is partly innate and partly learnt. Speech is one of the means to express language, the others being gestures, pictures etc. Auditory skills are an essential prerequisite to develop language (verbal) and speech. This article briefly brings forth the normal developmental stages of auditory skills, language and speech sounds in typically developing children from birth upto five years of age. In auditory skills, there is a change from developing just orienting responses (to environmental sounds) to a sustained attention to speech. In the receptive language domain, there is an increase from comprehending simple commands to complex ones. There is an increase in comprehension in the of variety of question forms and discourse comprehension. In the expressiveverbal language domain, there is an increase from first word to phrase production to sentence level utterances. Subsequently, lengthy descriptions and narration are produced. In speech sound production, vocalisations and vowels predominate the beginning and gradually all the phonemes in the particular language are acquired.  

Keywords: Auditory Skills; Speech Development; Language Development.

Corresponding Author : B.K. Yamini*