What is the latest age at which children can speak?



Children usually speak around 2 years of age at the latest, and most can speak normally at 1 to 2 years of age.

Most children will speak around the age of 1 and start talking at the latest at the age of 2. After the age of 1, most children are able to understand their parents’ instructions although they do not speak.

Children’s language development can be affected by the language environment, congenital diseases, psychological disorders and other aspects. If after 2 years of age still can not pronounce speech, or even call can not answer, need to go to the hospital to rule out speech dysfunction, hearing impairment, mental retardation, abnormalities in the sound system, such as vocal cords, tongue, oral cavity and other developmental anomalies, as early as possible rehabilitation training.

The child’s speech is late, but also alert to autism, timely take the child to the hospital for treatment. Children talking late need to go to the hospital, let the doctor check and diagnose.