11/26/2025
🦷Let's clear things up! Most children say /f/ correctly around the age of 3. If a child isn't saying this sound correctly by their 4th birthday this is a helpful indicator that a child MAY need speech therapy. Yet, it's NOT the only indicator. A speech pathologist also considers the following:
🤷Speech clarity/ intelligibility: How much of your child's speech is understood by an unfamiliar listener?
⛹️♂️Consistency of speech sound errors: Does your child typically substitute the same speech sound for /f/ in all /f/ words (fish, elephant, leaf)?
🗣️Number of different speech sound errors. More speech sound errors often make it more difficult to understand a child's speech.
Blooming Voices Speech Therapy can support your child if his/her speech needs a little extra "polish".
Speech Therapy in Howell, MI. Serving families in Howell, Pinckney, Hamburg, Fowlerville, Brighton, Hartland, Stockbridge, Gregory, and the surrounding areas.
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