Yes its true, children are difficult to understand. If a child has any of the following difficulties, it might be worth checking in:
• A child over the age of 4 is still difficult to understand
• Unusual sound swaps – ‘wed’ for ‘red’ can be normal for children under 5 but ‘ped’ for ‘red’ might not be
• Chopping the first sound off words – ‘ig’ for ‘pig’
• A slushy sounding lisp
• Has trouble with longer, multisyllabic words
• Teacher has reported that they are difficult to understand
