hi!My son is 22months older and he hardly speaks,he has not yet started telling pa,ma,he tells them only when i tell him,i mean repeats it that's all,is it okay?he does spings few rhymes,spells goodnight,how do you do etc.i speak to him in kannada and my hubby and in laws speak to him in tulu,so do this lead to delay in his speech?he does respond to what i tell.is it true that boys being very naughty tend to speak little slowly than girls?i'm very worried and i would like to know your views too.bye. priti replied. hi,
i have a friend and her son was having a same problem.he use to understand everything but never say a word then later she found out that he had a hearing promblem.the best thing to do is a hear testing.if that comes out possitive then u can gohead from there.and if it is negative then give him sometime.he might be a late talker Dipti replied. Hi Lakshmi,
I dont knwo if there are detailed studies to support this but i have seen boys generally start speaking later than girls. From what you have written he shows no other problems associated with hearing. Does he watch TV too much? I stay in Tokyo and these days there is a lot of awarness on how much TV watching is good. A lot of kids speak late here..associated to excess TV watching.
Try reading to your son, engaging hin in activities which are fun for him, which make him laugh.
a good pastime with my 20 month daughter is i say to her \";sara say XXX\"; and when she says that we both laugh aloud. My kiddo just loves it and i have been making her say a lot of words like that.

Hope that helps!
Dipti