AAPD Reference Manual 2022-2023

RESOURCES: CHILD SPEECH AND HEARING

What should my child be able to do?

Hearing and Understanding

Talking

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Reprinted with permission from How does your child hear and talk? (n.d.) Available from the website of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association: “ http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart.htm ”. All rights reserved.

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