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TYPICAL BABBLE AND WORD DEVELOPMENT
Crying
0-3 MONTHS
NOISY STAGE
Grunting
Vocal experiment
No real sounds
Cooing
Oral vowel sounds
3-6 MONTHS
GOO STAGE
Some back of throat & tongue sounds
Takes turn vocalising
Some consonants emerging (eg. pa, ba)
6-8 MONTHS
BABBLING STAGE
Sounds occur in one syllable
Imitating some babble
Vocalising with familiar songs
8-10 MONTHS
REPETITIVE BABBLE STAGE
Greater variety of sounds
10-12 MONTHS
A variety of syllables are linked in babble (agoodaba)
VARIED BABBLE STAGE
Copies non speech sounds (eg. brmmm, woof)
Syllables are repeated in babble (bubbubbub)
Imitates consonants and vowel sounds
Attempts at real words begin to emerge (eg. mumma, dadda)
References:
The Sound of Speech: 0-3 years. Speech Pathology Australia.retrieved on 19 January 2017 from www.speechpathologyaustralia.
org.au/spaweb/Document_Management/Public/Fact_Sheets.aspx#anchor_3years
Bowen, C. (1998). Ages and Stages Summary: Language Development 0-5 retrieved on 19 January 2017 from www.speechlanguage-therapy.com/
Rossetti, L. (2006). The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale. Linguisystems,
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