Name: Swapnil

This post is for my 5 1/2 year nephew who I believe has speech impediment. However before I even conclude that its impediment (for lack of right word) let me just briefly present his case and anyone has similar experience.

1. From his toddler days he was used to watching the development videos from US such as baby einsteins etc for longer periods (3-4 hrs a day)
2. He started his first words very late (around 4 yrs) and mixes the languages, switches between english, marathi and hindi at times spanish and french as well (becase of baby einstein DVD' s)
3. He repeats the words that you communicate with him and mixes the tenses with lots of grammatical mistakes in his speech.
4. Not at all talkative, Does not speak on his own and has to be spoken to.
7. Not very responsive to \" why, how, what\" questions and is introvert.
8. Does not report anything however he is very creative (spatial intelligence and drawings) and can memorize the lines from his DVD' s very well. Can re-enact the scenes for 20-30 mins.
9. Most importantly my sister is a single parent, not too sure not having his DAD around makes for a psycholgical impact.

I don' t think his problems are much to do with stamering or pronounciation. I believe its more to do with speech cognition, ability to formulate sentences and communicate (without being asked to).

We are aware that he is 5 1/2 year and its bit late already however we would now like to work on it very hard. Does anyone know a good speech therapist or someone in PUNE who has provided good therapy for these problems. WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR ADVICE SINCE MY SISTER IS REALLY WORRIED AND MISERABLE.

Thanks in advance.

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