Abstract

Dr. Shubhangi Kapil Thakur*, Dr. Anil B. Kale and Dr. T. Y. Swami

ABSTRACT

Speech and language are the skills we use to communicate with others. We form these skills during the first year of life. speech is making the sounds that become words-the physical act of talking. language is our system of using words and gestures to say what we mean, and understanding what others say. Communication is important for daily living. it forms the basis for social and emotional development, and for learning. The development of speech production skills in infants and young children occur in a sequence of stages, each one of which is related to its predecessor in a coherent way. The orderly progression is observed in all normal infants, and at a slower rate in many retarded children, the development of speech can be like development of motor skills, in general and of intelligence in the sensorimotor period, the infant?s ability to communicate evolves, if a child is having difficulties with communication and language, their overall development social interaction, behaviour and academic skills are affected. Hence, there is need to learn normal speech and language development and this article describes the infants developing speech production skills relation to his communicative use of these skills.